A Moat You Can Stand In
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
E
They'll slap you on the face with their glove
Bm
They'll dip you in the pitcher of their bloodshot love
F#
Look at 'em, standing staid in their ridiculous robes
A
While I stand in your moat
[Verse 2]
E
Have you ever thought that all their distain
Bm
Was just a saucer eyed child shrinking from the food chain?
F#
All their disapproving good Friday fixed grins
A
Were effortlessly wrong about most everything
[Pre-chorus]
D
Time where I'm from lumbers on
C#m
The guilty ain't got no idea that they're time will come
Bm
They're sinners, they're saints and they state which in boasts
E
You can stand in their moat
[Chorus]
D
I can stand in your moat
A
I can stand
E
I can stand in your moat
D A
I can stand in your moat
[Verse 3]
E
They're ranting and raving, how bad can things get
Bm
Man the sideshow's always louder than the main event
F#
More ambitious than a virgin newly widowed
A
Duty bound as a tourist in Rome
[Verse 4]
E
The prosecution's trebling and the padre's backpedaling
Bm
But a rest just seems more likely than a stint
F#
While back at Free Market Mint the atom smashers warp the press
A
But can't confess to anyone downwind
[Pre-chorus]
D
'Cause they're sleepwalking tall, rich or poor
C#m
From silk broadsheets down to tabloid floors
Bm
And they'll be up in their keep making toasts to some creep
E
While I'm stripping down to my smalls
[Chorus]
D
I can stand in your moat
A
I can stand
E
I can stand in your moat
D A
I can stand in your moat
[Verse 5]
E
New research proves that it's fair
Bm
To see insults as nothing but snares
F#
History has shown life is short then you die
A
I'm arse deep in their moat once I find the time
[Verse 6]
E
It's cold on the outside they say
Bm
But the cold keeps you clear while the heat leaves a haze
F#
They should take a cool dip in the shade of their walls
A
With the lily pads tickling their face
[Pre-chorus]
D
Bad good luck caught them unaware
C#m
There ain't no immortality there
Bm
Yet I squint from my lunch to the metal screech and sun
E
Of the street and I'm lighter than air
[Chorus]
D
I can stand in your moat
A
I can stand
E
I can stand in your moat
D A
I can stand in your moat
[Solo]
D Em Bm Em E D B A
[Verse 7]
E
Nothing needs reforming more than anyone else
Bm
They'll tell you while they conjure your plight
F#
All of them old men just line their pockets with fear
A
Then make you greedy when your money gets tight
E
But if their brains were a gut it'd sound like a swamp
Bm
Being so starved and bereft of a song
F#
And when the quick fox of reason gets into their brunch
A
Thou doth protest way too fucking much
[Pre-chorus]
D
Don't let 'em abuse you, don't let 'em use you
C#m
Like a saddle for their high high horse
Bm
If life means more to you than a grave with a view
E
Then it probably means you're on course
[Chorus]
D
And you know
A
You can stand
E
You can stand in their moat
D
I can stand in your moat
A
I can stand
E
I can stand in your moat
D A E
I can stand in your moat
How to play A Moat You Can Stand In
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.