Tonart: C major
Intro 1
C
Am
Em
Am
G
Em
G
Verse 1
Am
C
kill the thing they love
G
By all let this, by all let this be heard
Verse 2
Em
All men kill the thing they love
G
Am
G
By all let this, by all let this be heard
Verse 3
Am
I never saw a man who looked
G
with such a wistful eye
Em
Upon that little tent of blue which
prisoners call the sky
Am
And at every drifting cloud that
G
went with sails of silver by
C
In Reading Gaol by Reading town
G
Em
G
Em
Am
C
there is a pit of shame
Am
G
And in it lies a wretched man eaten
Am
G
by teeth of flame
C
Em
Am
The man had killed the thing he loved
F
G
And so he had to die
Verse 4
C
Em
All men kill the thing they love
Am
G
By all let this, by all let this be heard
Verse 5
C
Some kill their love when they are young
G
And some when they are old
C
G
Some strangle with the hands of Lust
Some with the hands of Gold
Am
The kindest use a knife, because
G
Am
G
The dead so soon grow cold
C
And there, till Christ call forth the dead,
G
Em
In silence let him lie
Am
No need to waste the foolish tear
G
Nor heave the windy sigh
C
Em
Am
The man had killed the thing he loved
F
G
And so he had to die
Verse 6
G
C
Am
G
Am
C
G
All men kill the thing they love
Am
G
By all let this, by all let this be heard
C
G
Am
G
C
G
All men kill the thing they love
G
by all let this be heard
Interlude 1
G
C
G
Em
C
Am
G
Verse 7
C
Am
Some do it with a bitter look
G
Em
G
Some with a flattering word
Am
The coward does it with a kiss
G
The brave man with a sword
C
Em
Am
The man had killed the thing he loved
F
G
Am
G
And so he had to die
Verse 8
C
G
Em
All men kill the thing they love
G
Am
G
By all let this, by all let this be heard.
Outro 1
G
C
Am
C
G
C
Am
G
Am
C
C
G
Em
G
Am
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Akkorde & SongtexteC Am Em G F
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