King's X – Mission (Bass Tab)

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this song could also be played in drop-D tuning [Intro]
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[Verse Instrumental]
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[Verse 1]
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A broken body, its joints at war

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Religious vipers, suck you of blood

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The price is paid, the final score

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The truth exists even through pious mud
[Pre-Chorus]
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for

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Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
[Chorus]
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie

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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse ]
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A threat of justice, the lazy judge

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The governess teaches his son to scream

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Adopted child true path to trudge

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No minor plot to undermine his dream
[Pre-Chorus]
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for

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Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
[Chorus]
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie

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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
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(The Preacher preaching...)
[Pre-Chorus]
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Who are these people behind the stained glass windows
Have they fogotten just what they came here for

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Was it salvation or, scare to hell
Or an assembly of a social get-together
[Chorus]
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie

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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus again]
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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Some are true, some do lie

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What's the mission of the preacher man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro (same as Intro)]
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