Chalkdust Torture
Chalkdust Torture
{Intro until ready to sing}
{Riff 1:}
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E7 A
Come 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 A
Confuse 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 A
But 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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