The Next Day
Key: EEnglish
Intro
G7 A7 G7 A7
Verse
"E7Look into my eyes" he tells her
"E7I'm gonna say goodbye" he says yeah
"E7Do not cry" she begs of him goodbye yeah
E7All that day she thinks of his love yeah
Verse
G7They whip him through the streets and alleys there C7
G7The gormless and the baying crowd right there C7
E7They can't get enough of that doomsday song
E7They can't get enough of it all
E7Listen
Verse
"G7Listen to the whores" he tells her C7
G7He fashions paper sculptures of them C7
G7Then drags them to the rivers A7bank in the cart
G7Their soggy paper bodies wash A7ashore in the dark
And the G7priest stiff in hate now A7demanding fun begin
Of his women Bm7dressed as men for the C#7pleasure of that priest
Chorus
E7Here I am
E7Not quite dying
E7My body left to rot in a hollow tree
E7Its branches throwing shadows
E7On the gallows for me
E7And the next day
E7And the next
E7And another day
G7 A7 G7 A7
Verse
E7Ignoring the pain of their particular diseases
E7They chase him through the alleys chase him down the steps
E7They haul him through the mud and they chant for his death
E7And drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest
Verse
G7First they give you everything that you want C7
G7Then they take back everything that you have C7
G7They live upon their feet and they A7die upon their knees
G7They can work with satan while they A7dress like the saints
G7They know god exists for the A7devil told them so
They Bm7scream my name aloud down into the C#7well below
Chorus
E7Here I am
E7Not quite dying
E7My body left to rot in a hollow tree
E7Its branches throwing shadows
E7On the gallows for me
E7And the next day
E7And the next
E7And another day