Malevolent Mystery

from Modern Fable by Zawacki

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Malevolent Mystery
Capo 2

Em Em
Part A
[Em] A Malevolent Mystery [D] makes no sense to me
[Em] Fairies flying in the clouds [D] truth consealed behind a shroud
[Em] A Malevolent Mystery [D] just ain’t gumption to [Em] me

Part B Break

Part B
[G] Oh my sweet faith [C] lie to me
[Bm] Tell me that the world is[G] free
[G] Oh my sweet faith [C] lie to me
[D] While I’m down here on my [Em] knee

[G] hail the tyrants of the [C] mind
[Bm] Hide the pain and make me [G] blind
[G] Hail the tyrants of the [C] mind
[D] Enslave the thougths of [Em] mankind

Part C
[Bm] When the wind blows in the [C] trees
[G] Take it as sign that the Gods are [D] pleased
[Bm] When the ground begins to [C] shake
[G] Heed the [D] warning of Eden’s [Em] snake

Part A

Part B Break

[G] After three days of [C] decomp
[Bm] He would have smelled like a [G] swamp
[G] After three days of [C] decomp
[D] Hark the herald of the beetle [Em] stomp

[G] What keeps the flowers from [C] turning to rock
[Bm] what will happen when you leave the [G] flock
[G] What keeps the flowers from [C] turning to rock
[D] Reason has these questions all [Em] unlocked

[Bm] When lightning flashes the [C] sky
[G] Someone must have sliced too much of the [D] pie
[Bm] When the fire falls to the [C] Earth
[G] It must be [D] time for my [Em] rebirth

[Em] A Malevolent Mystery [D] makes no sense to me
[Em] Fairies flying in the clouds [D] truth consealed behind a shroud
[Em] A Malevolent Mystery [D] just ain’t gumption to [Em] me

Repeat last stanza

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from Modern Fable, released September 1, 2012

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