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Intro
Snare roll [2X]
(acapella w/military drums; chords implied):
DO#m SI SOL#m FA# FA#sus2
Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam
Verse:
FA# FA#6
RE RE6
Mama, mama, forget your pies
FA#7 FA#
RE7 RE
Have faith they won't get cold
FA# FA#6
RE RE6
And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky
FA#7 FA#
RE7 RE
Your flag is flying full
F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)
RE
At half-mast
For the matadors
Who turned their backs
To please the crowd
And all fell before the bull
Bridge 1:
SI SIbm SOL#m FA#
SOL FA#m MIm RE
Red was the color of his blood flowing thin
SI SIbm SOL#m FA#
SOL FA#m MIm RE
Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin
SI SIbm SOL#m FA#
SOL FA#m MIm RE
Blue was the color of the morning sky
LA
FA
He saw looking up from the ground where he died
SOL#m FA#
MIm RE
It was the last thing ever seen by him
(acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied):
FA#m MI DO#m SI FA#
Kyrie elei...son
(flugelhorn and military drums)
[repeat verse]
Bridge 2:
Black and white were the figures that recorded him
Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in
Black and white was the question that so bothered him
He never asked, he was taught not to ask
What was on his lips as they buried him
(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)
FA#
Rex tremendae majestatis
Coda:
(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)
DO#m SI SOL#m FA# FA#sus2
Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam
(flugelhorn and military drums to fade)
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