Chalkdust Torture
{Intro until ready to sing}
{Riff 1:}
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E7 ACome stumble my mirth beaten worker
E7 (Riff 1 x4)
I’m Jezmund the family berzerker
E7 A
I’m bought for the price of a flagon of rice
A
The wind buffs the cabin You speak of your life
E7
Or more willingly Locust the Lurker
E7
E7 AConfuse what you can of the ending E7 And revise your despise so impending E7 A ‘Cause I soak on the wrath That you didn’t quite mask A I’m getting it clearly through alternate paths E7 Or mixed in with the signal you’re sending
G A
But who can unlearn all the facts that I’ve learned
G E7
As I sat in their chairs ‘til my synapses burned
G A
And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
G A
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
G A
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
G
Can’t this wait till I’m old?
{Riff 1}
Can’t I live while I’m young?
Riff 1}
Can’t I live while I’m young?
E7 ABut no peace for Jezmund tonight A7 I plug the distress tube up tight E7 A And watch what I say as it flutters away And all this emotion is kept harmless at bay E7 Not to educate somebody’s fright
[Chorus]
End riff
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