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                       SAINTS ARE DOWN - The Cult
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from the album "The Cult" 1994
written by Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury
intro A  
AI'm so blind, I cannot see,  you are so warm to me
AI'm not there and you are here,  please take me
FmajYeah, the saints are down, oh the saints are down
 Fmaj                   A  
The saints are down,  the saints are down
ALife's so long, or short should I say?
AI am here to get it on with you today
AGirl, you should know that I love you more than I can say
ASometimes I fear all those things that come down on us anyway
                           A   Fmaj
But I gotta tell ya that my saints are down,  my saints are down
 Fmaj                 A  
That my saints are down let me tell you why
 Fmaj                           A  
Saints are down the saints are down
AHey, pretty good, what do you got to say?
AWhose f*****g life is it anyway?
ADon't you know anything about anybody else?
AYou're so wrapped up in your tiny self oh let me tell you
 Fmaj                                          A  
Saints are down, yes they are your saints are down
 Fmaj                                A  
Your saints are down the saints are down
 Fmaj  E   Fmaj B  
They're down 
 Fmaj           E   Fmaj B  
And they're not coming round
YBeah, they're noCt eaDsiCly DfoEund - bBuried
CAnd they're buried in the grDound
CYeah, they're buried upside dDownA  
Rest of song plays out  A and F maj
Saints are down,  saints are down etc etc

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Saints Are Down

by The Cult

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Fmaj

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SAINTS ARE DOWN - The Cult

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from the album "The Cult" 1994

written by Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury

intro

I'm so blind, I cannot see, you are so warm to me

I'm not there and you are here, please take me

Fmaj

Yeah, the saints are down, oh the saints are down

F A

maj

The saints are down, the saints are down

Life's so long, or short should I say?

I am here to get it on with you today

Girl, you should know that I love you more than I can say

Sometimes I fear all those things that come down on us anyway

A F

maj

But I gotta tell ya that my saints are down, my saints are down

F A

maj

That my saints are down let me tell you why

F A

maj

Saints are down the saints are down

Hey, pretty good, what do you got to say?

Whose f*****g life is it anyway?

Don't you know anything about anybody else?

You're so wrapped up in your tiny self oh let me tell you

F A

maj

Saints are down, yes they are your saints are down

F A

maj

Your saints are down the saints are down

F E F B

maj maj

They're down

F E F B

maj maj

And they're not coming round

B C D C D E B

Yeah, they're not easily found - buried

C D

And they're buried in the ground

C D A

Yeah, they're buried upside down

Rest of song plays out A and F maj

Saints are down, saints are down etc etc

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