Intro Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7Verse 1:
Cmadd9/Eb Though the ages have forgotten Cmadd9/Eb Florid sensibilities Cmadd9/Eb Powdered hair and skin all rotten Cmadd9/Eb No longer a sacred thing Abadd4 Bb7 Abadd4 Bb7 For the last of a dying breed knows... Cmadd9/Eb Ddim/F Cmadd9/Eb not the virtues of vacancy Cmadd9/Eb Fmadd9/C Dm7-5/C Gm7/F Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 And such discourse remains unyielding Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7Interlude Ab G Ab G D B C D Eb F G B Ab B Ab B Ab B AbVerse 2:
Cmadd9/Eb Exiled by exaltation Cmadd9/Eb Steadfast in the will of place Cmadd9/Eb Confined by generation Cmadd9/Eb Preserved in perfect grace Abadd4 Bb7 Abadd4 Bb7 For the last of a dying breed fares... Cmadd9/Eb Ddim/F Cmadd9/Eb not well in complacency Cmadd9/Eb Fmadd9/C Dm7-5/C Gm7/F Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 And such discourse remains unyielding Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7E5 For the last of a dying breed E5 Inevitably faced with conformity E5 Flourishes only in undefeated E5 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Passage to the gates of antiquity Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Ebmaj7Verse 3:
Cmadd9/Eb When reason reaches closure Cmadd9/Eb Such would sooner lay to waste Cmadd9/Eb Compliance with wry composure Cmadd9/Eb To save an unmarked face Abadd4 Bb7 Abadd4 Bb7 For the last of a dying breed knows... Cmadd9/Eb Ddim/F Cmadd9/Eb No virtue in vacancy Cmadd9/Eb Fmadd9/C Dm7-5/C Gm7/F Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 And such discourse remains unyielding Cm/Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Cm6add9/Eb Cm6add9/Eb