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Intro: (Acoustic open chords) G E (x2)
Verse 1:
C D Bb G E
We lit by a torch as we kneel in the court of the king
C D Bb C D Bb
As we sift through the bones of an idol, we dig for the bones of an idol
G E F G E (x2)
When the will is gone......... Cuz something keeps turning us on...
Verse 2: (full band/electric)
C D Bb G E
You hold up the cup you've been searching for since you were young
C D Bb C D Bb
When you still had the bones of an idol, if you still had the bones of idol
G E F
You'd be long, long gone... But something keeps turning you on...
Instrumental/Chorus 1: (C G D Bb F C) x2 then G E x2
Verse 3:
C D Bb G E
We cling to the raft, we are missing by half what we wanted
C D Bb
But we escaped with the bones of an idol,
C D Bb G E
Escaped with the belt and the title but our land is gone
F
And something keeps turning us on...
Instrumental/Chorus 2: (over a lot of harmonizing 'oooos' and 'ahhhhs')
(C G D Bb F C) x3 end on a G.
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