Blighter chords

[INTRO]
|Em |Em |Em |Em |Em |Em G |
|G |G |C |C |C |Em

[VERSE 1]
[Em]Desertx air on skin

The chill of empty space
[G]Thex nomad's grin
The sand, the wave and the [C] coldx
Will drive him back [Em] inxx

Will keep them close to him

[REFRAIN]
And they will [Em] hidex inside
Behind blind m[G]irrorsx

Trembling in tents
[C]Heartsx weak with fear

He knows
He likes to keep [Em] themx near

[VERSE 2]
And at the ni[Em]ghtx
With a pride too big to s[G]wallowx
And with leprous ha[C]ndsx
Has them hum and dance to [Em] himx

[REFRAIN]
For they have boiled his [Em] faithx
Into ab[G]stractionx
And coiled up in their s[C]ickroomsx
Their bodies stir-stir-stirring in [Em] xxxx blankets

[VERSE 3]
Like a mother's withered [Em] breastsx
They still set him to [G] dreamingx
Of quarterin[C]gxx steel and of climbing [Em] firex

[REFRAIN]
With a dripping honey [Em] holex
He'll be winning them o[G]verx
And with calculated n[C]eglectx
He likes to know them [Em] therex

[VERSE 4]
And they will [Em] knowx

That they may only know
The l[G]awsx of Things
Never their me[C]aningx
Only their l[Em]awsx

[REFRAIN]
And they will bury their h[Em]olyx blade
Deep in [G] devotedx chests
And after s[C]uchx knowledge
What [Em] xxxx forgiveness?

[VERSE 5]
Desert [Em] airx on skin

The chill of empty space
The s[G]mellx of emptied bodies
The sand, the wave[C]xxx
And nothing [Em] xxxx

And nothing

[OUTRO]
[Em] xxxx [G] xxx [C] xxx [Em] xxxx