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The Scaffold

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[Intro]
D F#/C# C#
[Verse 1]
F#In Orient where wise I was
G#To please the way I live
G#m7Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his F#lip
F#Three score a thousand times
Where G#once in Amazon
Where G#m7El Dorado holds the key
No keeper holds my F#hand
[Pre-Chorus 1]
UnA#mchain the gate of D#msolitude
The ruler says you F#/C#run
Run hard unto the G#/B#scaffold high
D7Your chance tF#/C#o jump the gunC#  
[Chorus 1]
F#Oh how high the scaffold grows
The C#7plant life of your F#widow
In F#black lace curtains brought you near
From C#7out the plate glass window
F#Oh how high the scaffold grows
The C#7plant life of your F#widow
In F#black lace curtains brought you near
From C#7out the plate glass F#window
[Verse 2]
F#The Minotaur with bloody hands
Is G#enraged by the sun
G#m7Caged he by the corpses
Brought forth by the F#dawn
F#In Orient is as I told
The G#buckshee hangman swears
G#m7For open crypts to silence
Nylon knots to sway bF#y prayer
[Pre-Chorus 2]
UnA#mchain the gate of D#msolitude
The ruler says you F#/C#run
Run hard unto the G#/B#scaffold high
D7Your chance tF#/C#o jump the gunC#  
[Chorus 2]
F#Oh how high the scaffold grows
The C#7plant life of your F#widow
In F#black lace curtains brought you near
From C#7out the plate glass window
F#Oh how high the scaffold grows
The C#7plant life of your F#widow
In F#black lace curtains brought you near
From C#7out the plate glass F#window
[Outro]
F#In Orient where wise I was
To G#please the way I live
ComG#m7e give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his F#lip
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