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Intro: (Acoustic open chords) G E (x2)
Verse 1:
DO RE SIb SOL MI
We lit by a torch as we kneel in the court of the king
DO RE SIb DO RE SIb
As we sift through the bones of an idol, we dig for the bones of an idol
SOL MI FA SOL MI (x2)
When the will is gone......... Cuz something keeps turning us on...
Verse 2: (full band/electric)
DO RE SIb SOL MI
You hold up the cup you've been searching for since you were young
DO RE SIb DO RE SIb
When you still had the bones of an idol, if you still had the bones of idol
SOL MI FA
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:
DO RE SIb SOL MI
We cling to the raft, we are missing by half what we wanted
DO RE SIb
But we escaped with the bones of an idol,
DO RE SIb SOL MI
Escaped with the belt and the title but our land is gone
FA
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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