Requiem For The Masses

Snare roll 2x (acapella w/military drums; chords implied): C#m B G#m F# F#sus2 Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam F# F#6 D D6 Mama, mama, forget your pies F#7 F# D7 D Have faith they won't get cold F# F#6 D D6 And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky F#7 F# D7 D Your flag is flying full F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually) D At half-mast For the matadors Who turned their backs To please the crowd And all fell before the bull B A#m G#m F# G F#m__Em__D Red was the color of his blood flowing thin B A#m G#m F# G F#m__Em__D Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin B A#m G#m F# G F#m__Em__D Blue was the color of the morning sky A F He saw looking up from the ground where he died G#m F# Em__D It was the last thing ever seen by him (acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied): F#m E C#m B F# Kyrie elei...son (flugelhorn and military drums) repeat verse Black and white were the figures that recorded him Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in Black and white was the question that so bothered him He never asked, he was taught not to ask What was on his lips as they buried him (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:) F# Rex tremendae majestatis (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:) C#m B G#m F# F#sus2 Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam (flugelhorn and military drums to fade)