Assassing

A  B  D  E  C#m

1 1 2 2

                  1                         1
I am the assassin,  with tongue forged from eloquence
                  2                2
I am the assassin,  providing your Nemesis
       F#          E
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend
          B               A
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend
        E                                                      F#
No incantations of remorse, my friend, unsheathe the blade within the voice
           1
My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend

1        2         2
I am the assassin, assassin, assassin

      1
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot
      1
Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare
    2
Who gouged the notches from the family tree
    2
Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance


F#   E     B    A          E          F#
Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing

Listen to the blade

E

B              E  B  F#  E  B  A  E  F#
Feel the blade

3

4

Bm                 A                          G              A
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision
Bm               A                 G                A
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision
Bm            A            G                A
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption
Bm                A                G             A          B
Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin's fervour

B             E                D
  Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell
    C#m                  B
The creed of tempered diction

My friend, your friend, the assassin
          E
My friend,  your friend, the assassin
D
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
C#m
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
           B
Let bitter silence infect the wound
           D
Let bitter silence infect the wound


I am the assassin, my friend
         F#
I am the assassin, my friend
         G
I am the assassin, my friend
  A
I am assassin

2  2

           1
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone
1
Parading a Hollywood conscience
           2
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish
   2                                             1
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success
          1                     2                 2
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector

       F#         E
So you resign yourself to failure, my friend
       B         A
And I emerge the chilling stranger, my friend
      E
To eradicate the problem, my friend
                      F#                         E
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, within the voice
    B      A                 E     F#
Within the voice, within the voice

                                                          B C#m
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway,     my friend?


Measure 1:
e|-|--------|  
B|-|--------|  
G|-|---6--4-|  
D|-|--6--4--|  
A|-|-4--4---|  
E|-|--------|  

Measure 2:
e|-|--------|  
B|-|--------|  
G|-|---4--2-|  
D|-|--4--2--|  
A|-|-2--2---|  
E|-|--------|  

Measure 3:
e|-|-----------------------------------|  
B|-|-----------------------------------|  
G|-|---6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6-|  
D|-|--6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6--|  
A|-|-4--4-----2--2-----4--4-----6--6---|  
E|-|-----------------------------------|  

Measure 4:
e|-|-------------|              
B|-|-------------|              
G|-|-------------| repeated as  
D|-|-------------|  necessary   
A|-|-------------|              
e|-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-|