F    C F G  Dm
F  G  Dm  F  G


[Verse 1]
F C  G                   Dm
An uncontrollable child, given to fantasy
  F               G
A leaded lobotomy left Maria wild
       Dm                      F                    G      F
With a mob in her head holding Magdalene's down in asylums


[Chorus]
C     G
Ghost-written pornography
D                      F                     G              Dm
Tailored to readers in need of a righteous excuse to indulge
F                G      F C
Maria’s awful disclosures


[Interlude]
G  D  F  G  D
F  G  F C


[Verse 2]
G                 Dm         C         F                          G
Born of illicit liaisons the babies of Hôtel-Dieu convent weren't meant to survive
D                            F                  G
Baptized then strangled then buried mass infanticide
F C       G                            Dm                    F
Something worse done to something more innocent's consistent presence
              G
Alongside the tales of the times
    Dm                       F                  G
The monks of the presents connection to Maria’s mind


[Interlude]
Dm  F C G  Dm   F  G   Dm


[Bridge]
   F         C                  G                            Dm
If some know nothing, nothing's keeping some from knowing it all
       F                     G    F
What nobody saw is anybody's call
        C            G         Dm
Predispositions turn spaces in men
             F
Into thirsty pages for a hell bent pen
   G                      Dm
Professional victims with recycled lies
        F                G                Dm
Stoking satanic panic in fear addled minds
F                G        F
Maria's awful disclosures


[Chorus]
C     G                   D
Ghost-written pornography tailored to readers
   F                     G              D
In need of a righteous excuse to indulge
F                G         F C
Maria's awful disclosures


[Outro]
G  Dm  F  G  Dm
F  G   F C G  Dm
F  G  Dm  F  G  C
G  F C G   F C G