A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#

[Verse 1]
A             E        A               E
While Mo-ther kee-pest Watch while and wee-pest
A#       D  B        F#   B  F#
'till me-mo-ries cro-owd
A           E         A           E
And Fa-ther mour-neth Ab-sence he bur-neth
A#         D   B     F#   B  F#
Grief will cry a-lou-ud

[half intro]
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#

[Verse 2]
A          E       A               E
And no-one li-ives The spores have lan-ded
A#       D  B         F#   B  F#
There is no bright si-ide
A           E       A        E
Si-lence is gol-den E-ven my spi-rit
A#        D  B     F#     B  F#
sleeps in my o-pen hands

[Chorus]
F                                     A
Wet-tened e-very flap of En-gland's flag
                                 D
Pro-claimed that all a-round are free
              Gm              A  A/G#  A/F#  A/E
And mil-lions earth-ly joy re-mains
F                                    A
Fiery sparks, the eye of brea-king hearts
                           D
Pro-du-cing to the mind in e-very
          Gm                A  A/G#  A/F#  A/E  A  A/G#  A/F#  G#m
shape and kind Pro-duce the mind

[Bridge]
C#
Had no idea, no-one did, make it quick And I don't
E            B         F#
want to hurt She is my wit-ness
  A
O-one more stab a-and its back to the shop
   D#    G#  F#     B B F#  B B F#
Or leave as  things a-a-are a-a-are

[intro with different metric]
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#

[Verse 3]
A            E        A          E
Vain de-ceit of grief Show of un-be-lief
A#      D     B       F#   B  F#
Hope to blind and bri-ief
A          E      A             E
Hide my be-lo-ved De-eath is pa-assed
A#     D  B       F#   B  F#
A-gain no more to me

[Bridge]
C#
Had no idea, no-one did, make it quick And I don't
E            B         F#
want to hurt She is my wit-ness
  A
O-one more stab a-and its back to the shop
   D#    G#  F#     B B F#  B B F#
Or leave as  things a-a-are a-a-are

[Intro]
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#
A      E   A       E
D#     F#  B   F#  B  F#

[outro repeat at will]
F      A
D      Gm    A  A/G#  A/F#  A/E  A  A/G#  A/F#  A/E