Bring Out Your Dead

Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Bb F C Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Dm C After seven months at sea, 'round cape horn with ivory, Bb A We reached the british piers at the old port of tangier. Dm C I went out to celebrate, with me Cap'n n' first mate, Bb A We met with many wenches, gypsy girls n' pretty Frechies. Dm C A pretty lass n' her sister, had a rash with nasty blisters, Bb A But I've had me share of shy afflictions, fer lassies be me one addiction. Dm A Bb F One thing to another led, I fell asleep upon their bed, Gm A But woke next day with two dead whores n' screams outside me door. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Bb F C Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Riff 1 Dm A Bb F Dm C Bb Dm Dm A Bb F Dm C Bb A Dm C To find me drunken friends I ran, fer ye Spanish cost we sail begun. Bb A As soon as we set foot ashore, me throat felt swollen, dry n' soar. Dm C I with an old physician met, fer a medical opinion get. Bb A He stared at me in stark dismay, said – Son you've got bubonic plague! Dm C Come next morn', the quack was dead, with pus-filled blisters on his head, Bb A But I felt stronger than before, and went out fer to the town explore. Dm A Bb F The streets with panicked men where filled, half the town in plague was killed. Gm A A flagellant procession yelled, repent or burn in hell! Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Bb F C Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Riff 2 Dm A Bb F Dm C Bb Dm Dm A Bb F Dm C Bb A Dm C We sailed up north to native land, fer London went our merry band. Bb A As we filled the taverns with our crew, I got a feel of déjà vu'. Dm C Like in every other town we'd been, since the day we lost McGuinn, Bb A People started turning pale, behind us now a deadly trail. Pre-Chorus 3 Dm C Suddenly I saw all around, people dropping to the ground, Bb A Doctors clad in scary beaks, pushing barrows down the streets. Dm A Bb F Their rottening load of corpses grew, in all it was a horrid view. Gm A As a brazen bell the alleys rang, filled with dread I sang. Chorus 4 Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Bb F C Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Chorus 5 Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Bb F C Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Chorus 6 Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, from noble house n' poor man's shed, Bb F C Dm The plague has come to town, bring out your dead, bring out your dead. Dm F C Gm Bring out your dead, bring out your dead, to the pyres bright n' red. Dm C A Dm We've reached the end o' days, bring out your dead!