Transcription by Jody Beaulac.
[E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A]
[E] [E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A] [B]
[E]Th[D]er[G]e'[A]s a boy in chrimson rags with a grimace and a spoon
[E]An[D]d [A]a [B]little sullen girl face-up staring at the moon
[E]An[D]d [G]th[C]ere's no one around to hear the lonesome cry
[D]Then they pass away alone into the night
[E]Wh[B]y [C]do[D] w[E]e pity the dead?
[E]Ar[B]e [C]yo[D]u [A]churned by emotion from the voices in your head
[E]Lo[C]ok[G] a[D]t all the living and you'll ask yourself why
[E]Oh[G] w[D]hy do we pity the dead?
[E] [E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A]
[E] [E] [D] [D] [A] [A] [B] [B]
[E]We[D]ll[G] y[A]ou've seen the disease, suffering, and decay
[E]An[D]d [A]yo[B]u whisper to yourself blissfully "It's okay"
[E]An[D]d [G]yo[C]u still refuse the possibility
[D]That the dead are better off than we
[E]Wh[B]y [C]do[D] w[E]e pity the dead?
[E]Ar[B]e [C]yo[D]u [A]churned by emotion from the voices in your head
[E]Lo[C]ok[G] a[D]t all the living and you'll ask yourself why
[E]Oh[G] w[D]hy[C] d[D]o [E]we pity the dead? Pity the dead
[C]Te[D]ll[E] m[C]e [D]wh[E]at you see, tell me what you know
[G]Is[D] there anyone who lives a painless life?
[C]If[D] t[E]here is, show me so
E E E E(high) E E E D
The destitude and famished, demonic and the banished
E E E E(high) E E E D
Dejected and the ostracized, the brainwashed and the paralyzed
[E]Th[C]e [G]co[D]nquered and objectified, the few who see the other side
[C]Te[D]ll[E] me what you see
[G]It[D]'s[C] a[D] m[E]ortal wretched cacophony
[E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A]
[E] [E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A] [B]
[E]Th[D]er[G]e'[A]s a boy in chrimson rags with a grimace and a spoon
[E]An[D]d [A]a [B]little sullen girl face-up staring at the moon
[E]An[D]d [G]th[C]ere's no one around to hear the lonesome cry
[D]Then they pass away alone into the night
[E]Wh[B]y [C]do[D] w[E]e pity the dead?
[E]Ar[B]e [C]yo[D]u [A]churned by emotion from the voices in your head
[E]Lo[C]ok[G] a[D]t all the living and you'll ask yourself why
[E]Oh[G] w[D]hy do we pity the dead?
[E] [E] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [A]
[E] [E] [D] [D] [A] [A] [B] [B]
[E]We[D]ll[G] y[A]ou've seen the disease, suffering, and decay
[E]An[D]d [A]yo[B]u whisper to yourself blissfully "It's okay"
[E]An[D]d [G]yo[C]u still refuse the possibility
[D]That the dead are better off than we
[E]Wh[B]y [C]do[D] w[E]e pity the dead?
[E]Ar[B]e [C]yo[D]u [A]churned by emotion from the voices in your head
[E]Lo[C]ok[G] a[D]t all the living and you'll ask yourself why
[E]Oh[G] w[D]hy[C] d[D]o [E]we pity the dead? Pity the dead
[C]Te[D]ll[E] m[C]e [D]wh[E]at you see, tell me what you know
[G]Is[D] there anyone who lives a painless life?
[C]If[D] t[E]here is, show me so
E E E E(high) E E E D
The destitude and famished, demonic and the banished
E E E E(high) E E E D
Dejected and the ostracized, the brainwashed and the paralyzed
[E]Th[C]e [G]co[D]nquered and objectified, the few who see the other side
[C]Te[D]ll[E] me what you see
[G]It[D]'s[C] a[D] m[E]ortal wretched cacophony
