Intro: Bm G/D F#/C# Bm
verse 1:
Bm
The banners wave upon the promenade
Bm
The banners wave upon the promenade
G F# Bm
Colors fly and the funeral march is played
Bm
There is, is there a foul taste in the air
Bm
There is, is there a foul taste in the air
A G Bm
Your legend walks before you everywhere
G F# Bm
Your legend walks before you everywhere
D A7 Em Bm
And all you want from me is someone to abuse
Em Bm G Bm
Whether rags are on your back or gleams on your jewels
D Em Bm
So roll up your sleeves one of us must be wrong
G F# Bm
And hold me close until the feelings gone
Bm
Woah
G F# Bm
Hold me close until the feeling's gone 
verse 2:
Bm
Your daddy daddy was a buccanner
Bm
Your daddy daddy was a buccanner
G F# Bm
To speak his name is to watch him disappear
Bm
And every time you touched me in my field
Bm
And every time you touched me in my field
G F# Bm
The colors fade and the flowers wilt
D A7 Em Bm
Cuz all you want from me is someone to abuse
Em Bm G Bm
Whether callus on your back or gold is on your tooth
D A7 Em Bm
So roll up your sleeves one of us must be wrong
G F# Bm
And hold me close until the feeling's gone
Bm
Woah!
G F# Bm
Hold me close until the feeling's gone
Bridge/post-Chorus:
A7/G D Em
And I could never understand all the boys
Bm Em Bm
Who wear your brand and all the hearts at your command
G A
I guess I never will
A7 D
So lay me down and get your fill
Em Bm
Hope my memory haunts you still
Em Bm
It never could it always will
G F#
Just as you had planned
Outro (vocal "ooohs"):
Bm F# Bm F# Bm F#7/E G D G F#
Bm F# Bm F# Bm F#7/E G D G F#
Bm
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key step up
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key step down
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