The Band – Last Of The Blacksmiths (Guitar)

D#                     A#
Who robbed the cradle? Who robbed the grave?

G#                 Fm
Who's the one that asked to be saved?

A#  Cm C#     G#
No, no answer came

D#                     A#
I moved to the country that cried of shame

G#                 Fm
I left my home and found a name

A#   Cm    C#    G#
No, nobody could explain

Cm                        G#
"Have mercy," cried the blacksmith

Cm                           G#
"How you gonna replace human hands?"

Cm                         G#
"Found guilty," said the judge

Cm                  G#
"For not being in demand"

D#            A#
Frozen fingers at the keyboard

G#                Fm
Could this be the big reward

A#  Cm C#     G#
No, no answer came

D#                       A#
Brought up everybody to see for themselves

G#                            Fm
They wouldn't believe it from no one else

A#  Cm     C#    G#
No, nobody could explain

Cm                G#
Dead tongue said the poet

Cm                    G#
To the daughter of burlesque

Cm                      G#
Cocteau, Van Gogh and Geronimo

Cm                     G#
They used up what was left

G#  Cm                    G#
   "Cry wolf," said the martyr

Cm                    G#
"I don't believe I'm alive"

Cm                          G#
"You're the hero," said the mute

Cm                   G#
"And you're bound to survive"