Rainbow Signs Chords & Lyrics - Mewithoutyou

[VERSE 1]

[Am]Pale horse songs of a slow decline
[F]Sideshow words if the songs don't mind
[C]G-d gave Noah the rainbow sign
[F]No more water, is the H-Bomb next time?
[Am]Pale horse vows in a grave I-do-yes-definitely reply
[F]Smile for the camera at a 'church' nearby
[C]Threw a mute curse at the Boise sky
For my [F]fucked up Napoleon-of-St.-Helena-hairline
[Am]Black horse leaping when the frogs withdrew
The [F]parable of the plums where the olives grew
[C]Clouded rearrangement of sounds we knew:
An [F]Idaho sunset for my own private Waterloo
[Am]Pale horse songs of a slow decline
[F]Side show words if our moms don't mind:
[C]Cloud gave no one a rainbow sign--
[F]Six-point starred ink flag next time?

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Am] [F] [C] [F] x2
(End with one strum on Am until Aaron starts singing the Hebrew/Arabic verse)

[Verse 2] (read from right to left)

[F]שְׁמַע[C] יִשְׂ[F]רָאֵל[Am] ה' אֱ[F]לֹהֵינו[C]ּ ה' אֶ[F]חָד قل [Am]هو الله احد الله الصمد


[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Am] [F] [C] [F] x2

[VERSE 3]

With im[Am]perial crowns we were 'sent'
Riding out [F]conquest-bent

Daylight is breaking
[C]Wielding the sanctified sword
For the army of the [F]Scarecrow Lord

Daylight is breaking
[Am]Balancing scales at our feet
Measuring out [F]two pounds of barley, six pounds of buckwheat
[C]Beasts of the Battersea Shield
At the opening of the [F]fourth seal
The [Am]sky, I'd been told

Would roll up like a scroll
As the [F]mountains and islands moved from their place
And the [C]sun would turn black

As a dead raven's back
But there's [F]nowhere to hide

From the Judge's face
After which [Am]message-less birds take flight without cause
To the [F]silence they've heard in the absence of laws
Or [C]imperial crowns: Unsent, unsigned [C] [F]

[VERSE 4]

[Am]The other night I dreamt I was finally out of college
In my [F]own pair of sandals, I had turned into my father
[C]Whistling our tune about the Rio Grande
Like an [F]anchorite in June I took hold of my own hand
And [Am]started on the Abrahamic joke we knew
About [F]apostrophes and pronouns and you-remember-who
"But let's [C]keep that silly punchline between me and you
[F]Little Haroon
And the man in the moon."[Am]

[Outro] (one strum per chord)

[Am] [F] [C] [F]
[Am]