Dm

[Chorus]
Dm
When I first heard the news
      C           Dm
I was thinkin' of you
Dm
And the words that were spoken
     C          Dm
Were bent and untrue

[Verse 1]
Dm                          C           Dm
It was a seemingly tragic affair at the end
                           C          Dm
And just when we all were about to pretend
                              C           Dm
I saw through his eyes as the sentence he spoke
                              C          Dm
He stood up, his tongue was beginning to poke
                              C             Dm
All the fun from your head to make you feel dead
                              C             Dm
All the fun from your head to make you feel dead

[Chorus]
Dm
But when I first heard the news
      C           Dm
I was thinkin' of you
Dm
And the words that were spoken
     C          Dm
Were bent and untrue

[Verse 2]
Dm                            C         Dm
And it came to them slowly, I seem to recall
                                 C             Dm
Like the hate came to Hitler and the hope into Saul
                                        C                Dm
They were all walking sidewards as they came through the door
                             C           Dm
As trivial, as a tycoon in a travesty of law
                              C             Dm
Like natural they come, thine kingdom thine come
                              C             Dm
Like natural they come, thine kingdom thine come

[Chorus]
Dm
So when I first heard the news
      C           Dm
I was thinkin' of you
Dm
And the words that were spoken
     C          Dm
Were bent and untrue

[Verse 3]
Dm                            C         Dm
As the lepers were leaving in grey limousines
                                      C         Dm
They were all dealing out their black barrister dreams
                                 C           Dm
But they never once noticed what hung on his heel
                                    C              Dm
Was a sign painted backwards and it said the word 'real'
                          C        Dm
But never you fear, there wasn't a tear
                         C         Dm
No never you fear, there wasn't a tear