Intro
[G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] (X2)
Verse 1
[G] [D]
Oh, death has bound us all!
[A] [Bm]
With his tyrant hands, in his iron bands
[G] [D]
Oh, vanity!
[A] [Bm]
Nothing satisfies here beneath these skies
Verse 2
[G] [D]
Every pleasure was a curse; I hated it
[A] [Bm]
Every love and every like was a twisted thing
[G] [D]
Got a hangdog, heavy, leaden soul
[A] [Bm]
And leaden gray went all my gold
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
Like diamonds turned back into coal
Chorus
[G] [D]
Oh, death has bound us all!
[A] [Bm]
With his tyrant hands, in his iron bands
[G] [D]
Oh, vanity!
[A] [Bm]
Nothing satisfies here beneath these skies
Verse 3
[G] [D]
This black earth’s hungry, ravenous
[A] [Bm]
This black earth’s gonna take my sons
[G] [D]
My wife and daughters, all of us
[A] [Bm]
This black earth’s hungry to swallow up
[G] [D]
Won’t take no bribe, no gold, no fuss
Chorus
[G] [D]
Death has bound us all!
[A] [Bm]
With his tyrant hands, in his iron bands
[G] [D]
Oh, vanity!
[A] [Bm]
Nothing satisfies here beneath these skies
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
Whoa, oh
Bridge
[G] [D]
Well they say that there’s a time to love
[A] [Bm]
And a time to hate—oh, don’t I know
[G] [D]
Caught up in madness, Adam’s sons
[A] [Bm]
Killers, thieves, even kith and kin
[G] [D]
Bright envy-green, got a stone in hand
Outro
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
