Gethsemane Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

DAmong the headstones Fyou Cplayed as boysG D

 Crypts and tombs Flike a Croomful of toysG D

 Just up the river Ffrom the Csmoke and the noisGe, DGethsemFanCe G D

 And there’s war-whoops Fand Csecret signs in the treeGs D

 Estuary smells Fcoming Cup on the breezGe D

 O perfect Fendless Cdays like these, GO GDethsemaFneC G

A♯Sailboat on the Cadie, Cpushbike on the quay

 In your Dmeyes there’s fire, in your Gmhand destiny

 ‘O Fbe something, A♯be something Dfine!’

Just down the river, into the noise and the smoke

Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk

Who laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke Gethsemane

And they broke your spirit there in the marines

Flushed your head down in the latrines

Frozen in your sacrement, derailed in your teens never saw the enemy

And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go

The fire in your eyes, how could they know

‘O be something, be something fine!’

Now you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather

Dead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever

They never saw the halo moon rise over the river of Gethsemane

Now there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes

Better get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news

How did the perfect world get so confused, O Gethsemane

Who sucked out the freedom, days without end

Under the weight of it all you must bend

‘O be something, be something fine!’