The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead

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[Verse 1]

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They buried my body on Christmas
        A       D        E
In the ground by the south river bank
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Worked to my death, for my very last breath
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I'd the Winchester bishops to thank
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Now the church held the keys to the brothel
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Lit the window with a burning red light
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While I teased the funds from the pockets of johns
     D         E             A
The bishop got rich in the night


[Pre Refrain]

        E
But I didn't fall apart
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Through my years in the dark
        E
For my lover I guarded
        E
My pure, pure heart


[Refrain]

         A                D
And he meets me in the graveyard
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The graveyard where they made my bed
        A                     D
Plants a white flower under cold stars
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On the grave of the forgotten dead


[Verse 2]

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Now the bishops snuck off to fresh pastures
          D                A          E
While my grave was grown over with weeds
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No burial plots, just some forget-me-nots
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For the women they branded unclean
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The wasteland was claimed by the city
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They covered it with tenement slums
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For where we'd been left had never been blessed
           D           E            A
And they dug down and built on our bones


[Pre Refrain]

      E
But every December
     E
With frost on his fingers
     E
My lover returns
     E
For he still remembers


[Refrain]

     A                D
To meet me in the graveyard
       A                         E
The graveyard where they made my bed
          A                   D
Plants a white flower under cold stars
          F#m        E         A
On the grave of the forgotten dead


[Instrumental]

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A       Dm     A      Dm


[Bridge]

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The sun goes down and the last folk leave
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It's London Town on Christmas Eve
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My lover still wanders bereft and bereaved
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For he can't find the woman that he promised he'd meet
      A                    Dm
The sun comes up on the cold, cold ground
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It's Christmas morning in London Town
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He lays on my grave and he cradles his head
            A                         Dm
And as he hears the church bells, he knows that I'm dead


[Verse 3]

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So London, don't mourn for your lovers
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Raise a glass for us glorious dead
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For beneath Southwark streets, we outlasted the priests
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And the city's raised up on our beds
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Though we're gone, London, do not forget


[Verse 4]

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To meet us on Christmas
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In the graveyard where they made our bed
         A                     D
Plant a white flower for the outcasts
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On the graves of the forgotten dead
       A              D
Oh to meet us on Christmas
         A                            E
In the graveyard where they made our bed
         A                 D
Plant a white flower for the outcasts
          F#m         E          D
On the graves of the forgotten dead


[Outro]

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In the Graveyard of the Outcast Dead