The Cult – American Gothic (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Cult (From the 2001 Album BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL) [Intro] D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 [Verse 1]
G5                       D5
I look inside your black heaven

G5                     D5
I see your naked altar there, yeah, yeah-yeah

G5                         D5
They rip you down and criticize you

G5                                D5
Too strong to bend, too strong to care, oh-oh, oh
[Chorus]
G5                F5
Black star, white light

G5                F5    Eb5
Black star, white light

                                F5
Eating the cancer cells from the death machine

G5                F5
Black star, white light

G5                F5    Eb5
Black star, white light

                                F5           G5  D5  C5  D5
Eating the cancer cells from the death machine
[Verse 2]
G5                    D5
American gothic raven boy

G5                        D5
Child monster with insect hair, yeah, heh-heh

G5                     D5
You destroy this moral prison

G5                                D5
You free the slaves, you free the slaves

G5
You free the slaves, you free the
[Chorus]
G5                F5
Black star, white light

G5                F5    Eb5
Black star, white light

                                F5
Eating the cancer cells from the death machine

G5                F5
Black star, white light

G5                F5    Eb5
Black star, white light

                                F5           G5
Eating the cancer cells from the death machine
[Bridge]
G5
Black star, white light

G5
A black star, white light

G5
A black star, white light

G5
A black star, white light

G5
American gothic, your black heaven

G5
American gothic, your black heaven, yeah, your black heaven

G5
American gothic, your black heaven, yeah, your black heaven

G5
American gothic, it's your black heaven, your black heaven
[Chorus]
G5          F5
Black star, white light

G5          F5          Eb5
Black star, white light

                                 F5
Eating the cancer cells from the, the death machine

G5          F5
Black star, white light

G5          F5
Black star, white light

                                 F5
Eating the cancer cells from the, the death machine
[Outro]
Eb5
American gothic

F5
American gothic

G5         F5
American dream

           G5    F5
Your black heaven

           G5    F5
Your black heaven

           G5
Your black heaven