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Intro:  C|  Em|  Am| G  
CAll men kill Emthe thing they love
 By Amall let this, by all let Gthis be heard
   I Cnever saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye
   UEmpon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky
   And Amat every drifting cloud that went with Gsails of silver by
   In CReading Gaol by Reading town there Emis a pit of shame
   And Amin it lies a wretched man all Geaten by teeth of flame
 The Cman had Emkilled the Gthing he Amloved
 And Cso he Emhad to Gdie
CAll men kill Emthe thing they love
 By Amall let this, by all let Gthis be heard
   Some Ckill their love when they are young
   And some when they are old
   Some Emstrangle with the hands of Lust
   Some with the hands of Gold
   The Amkindest use a knife, because
   The dead so soon groGw cold
   And Cthere till Christ call forth the dead,
   In Emsilence let him lie
   No Amneed to waste the foolish tear
   Nor Gheave the windy sigh
 The Cman had Emkilled the Gthing he Amloved
 And Cso he Emhad to Gdie
CAll men kill (All men ki-i-ill)
the Emthing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove)
 By Amall let this, by all let Gthis be heard [x2]
C Em Am G
   CSome do it with a bitter look
   Some with a Emflattering word
   The Amcoward does it with a kiss
   And the Gbrave man with a sword
   The Cman had Emkilled the Gthing he Amloved
   And Cso he Emhad to Gdie
CAll men kill (All men ki-i-ill)
the Emthing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove)
 By Amall let this, by all let Gthis be heard
COh-o-oh (All men ki-i-ill)oh
Oh-OEmh-o(The thing they lo-o-ove)oh
 Oh-Amoh-o,o Oh-GOh-o

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Wilde Love

by King Charles

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C Em Am G

Intro: | | |

C Em

All men kill the thing they love

Am G

By all let this, by all let this be heard

I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye

Upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky

Am G

And at every drifting cloud that went with sails of silver by

C Em

In Reading Gaol by Reading town there is a pit of shame

Am G

And in it lies a wretched man all eaten by teeth of flame

C Em G Am

The man had killed the thing he loved

C Em G

And so he had to die

C Em

All men kill the thing they love

Am G

By all let this, by all let this be heard

Some kill their love when they are young

And some when they are old

Some strangle with the hands of Lust

Some with the hands of Gold

The kindest use a knife, because

The dead so soon grow cold

And there till Christ call forth the dead,

In silence let him lie

No need to waste the foolish tear

Nor heave the windy sigh

C Em G Am

The man had killed the thing he loved

C Em G

And so he had to die

All men kill (All men ki-i-ill)

the thing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove)

Am G

By all let this, by all let this be heard [x2]

C Em Am G

Some do it with a bitter look

Some with a flattering word

The coward does it with a kiss

And the brave man with a sword

C Em G Am

The man had killed the thing he loved

C Em G

And so he had to die

All men kill (All men ki-i-ill)

the thing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove)

Am G

By all let this, by all let this be heard

Oh-o-oh (All men ki-i-ill)oh

Oh-Oh-o(The thing they lo-o-ove)oh

Am G

Oh-oh-o,o Oh-Oh-o

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