of Montreal – The Actors Opprobrium (Guitar)

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        D               G      D      G
I guess I should have known to stay away

A                       D      G
From a snuff film by Jean Genet

D       G      D              G 
But the cash was good and the 

A                               C
Director gave me the biggest scene

                Em              A              E
What does it mean when Pentecostal born-again virgins

        A       A#             A
Appear picketing in angry protest?

        D       A
Oh, those sloppy tarts 

        D       A
Have sulphurized hearts

D G D G
Sure, a dead man quietly pulling on his tongue 

A   D G
In a coffin after being hung

D G D G
Does make strange erotic cinema 

C                       G      A# 
But that was the great master’s vision

A                       G
And the actors agree to portray 

                Dm              A
The fiend is best in a death fantasy
Because when one is licking the knife
A                       A7
Ah, well, that is truly the life
DGDG ADG DGDG
C                       Em
Oh, what does it mean 

A E    A# A
When the stagehand approaches 
Wheeling in a guillotine? Let’s play nice
D    A
Yes, I want to be a star 

D       A
But that’s going too far
Yes, I’m still smarting from the bite Of coital sessions in gelatinal light I’m questioning my chosen career
A  A# A D
Don’t think I’ll be attending the premier
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