Intro
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Verse 1
G 
Love bears a serpent high on holy cross 
G 
From whence came loss 
G 
Flags of the prophet wave in a bromide march 
    G 
Of chromium dusk 
C 
Hymns stay wronged from 
C 
A cheap funerary arch 
  G              C 
Impatient though I am 
         B             Em 
As your servant I’ll breathe fire 
 
Pre Chorus
C         Dsus 
Once had fools stand 
            Em 
Stand, said I 
           G B 
More than I 
                 Em 
More than I can fight 
       G       B              Em 
'Cause I won’t find more than I  
 
Chorus 1
 C            B       Em Dsus 
Love bears our serpent high 
 C 
Love bears our serpent high 
 
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Verse 2
G 
Great stands the burden 
G 
Poor to leaden soul 
G 
Our cast windblown 
G 
Stoned out of Eden, storied on every road 
G 
To where, once known 
C 
Mysts would gather 
C 
'Round our tears and tide 
      G                     C 
As auspicious this form of life 
            B                     Em 
It makes prodigious these paths to I 
 
Pre Chorus
C         Dsus 
Once had fools stand 
            Em 
Stand, said I 
      G B 
More than I 
                 Em 
More than I can fight 
       G       B             Em 
'Cause I won’t find more than I 
 
Chorus 2
 C            Dsus       Em Dsus 
Love bears our serpent high 
 C            B       Em Dsus 
Love bears our serpent high 
 C 
Love bears our serpent high 
 
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