The Pogues – Wake Of The Medusa (Guitar Acoustic)

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D7sus2 xx0210 Esus4 xx2200 E7 020100 [Intro] Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 Am D7sus2 [Verse 1]
    Am
The guests are stood in silence

     F               Am
They stare and drink their wine
On the wall the canvas hangs
C            E7
Frozen there in time

C           G
They marvel at the beauty

    Am         F
The horror and despair

       Am
At the wake of the Medusa

C           Am
No one shed a tear

C              G
Sit my friends and listen

Am               F
Put your glasses down

C              G
Sit my friends and listen

       Am
To the voices of the drowned
[Link] Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 [Verse 2]
   Am
In the moonlight's ghostly glow

  F        Am
I waken in a dream
Once more upon that raft I stand
C             E7
Upon a raging sea

C              G
In my ears the moans and screams

   Am        F
Of the dying ring

    Am
Somewhere in the darkness

C                Am
The siren softly sings

C                G
Out there in the waves she stands

Am                F
And smiling there she calls

C                       G
As the lightning cracks the sky

    Am
The wind begins to howl
[Link] Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 Am D7sus2 Am Esus4 [Verse 3]
    Am
The architects of our doom

 F                  Am
Around their tables sit
And in their thrones of power
C                     E7
Condemn those they've cast adrift

C               G
Echoes down the city street

      Am               F
Their harpies laughter rings

   Am
Waiting for the curtain call

C            Am
Oblivious in the wings

C             G
The casket is empty

Am             F
Abandon ye all hope

C                 G
They ran off with the money

    Am
And left us with the rope
[Outro] C G Am F C G Am Mark W