The Black Keys – The Wicked Messenger (Guitar)

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There was a wicked messenger

                F
From Eli he did come,

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With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter.

     G
When questioned who had sent for him,

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He answered with his thumb,

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For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter.

   G
He stayed behind the assembly hall,

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It was there he made his bed,

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Oftentimes he could be seen returning.

  G
Until one day he just appeared

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With a note in his hand I read,

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"The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning."

G
Oh, the leaves began to fallin'

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And the seas began to part,

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And the people that confronted him were many.

    G
And he was told but these few words,

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Which opened up his heart,

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"If you cannot bring good news, then don't bring any."