Biting Your Tail Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

E may your eyes be wide and seeing

A may your learn from the view where you're kneeling

E know the fear of the world that you're feeling

B is the fear of a slave

E may you know how the fight was started

A want as much for the snake as the garden

E wear them both like a gBlove

 that you can wEave

E may your mouth betray your wisdom

A may you get what they fail to mention

E may your love be your only religion

B preach it to us all

E may you lose what you offer gladly

A may you worship the time and it's passing

E stars won't ever waBit for you

 to watch them fEall

C♯m we're the smoke on a burnt horizon

A we're a boat on a tide that's rising

E both the post and the pig you're untying

B butcher gone for the blade

C♯m someday we may all be happy

A someday all make a face worth slapping

E someday we may be shocked to be laughing

B at the way you behave

E may your hands be strong and willing

A may you know when to speak and to listen

E may you find every friend that you're missing

B there's no check in the mail

E may you end up bruised and purple

A know that peace is the shape of a circle

E round and round you Bgo

E biting your tail

 (synth part: E A E B E)

C♯m we're the journey and the wind is whipping

A short hands on the clock still ticking

E both the egg and the red fox grinning

B his belly full for the day

C♯m someday we may all want nothing

A and all forget that we'll get whats coming

E someday all say the world was something

B that we just couldnt change

E may your tongue be soft and wicked

A know your part in the calf and the killing

E see straight through the captain you're kissing

B helm lose in his hand

E may your words be well worth stealing

A put your hand on your heart while singing

E choirs sick of the sBong

 but they still gotta Estand