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METAL LYRICS

METAL March 18, 1999

LEAD em c d g f # em 
   em     c                   
"Don't fill me with lead,"
       d 
the poor man plead,
     g             d        c 
as the thief looked away,
                 d
"I've got a family you see,
                c
and they all need me,
               em   d     c             
so don't take me away."     g f# em 
  em      c 
"But I must," the thief said,
                d
"you have yet to ever bled,
                 g                   d               c
and don't think I won't make you pay,
                        d
you have breathed your last breath,
                      c
your time is here I'm your death,
               em         d         c                12   34   5 anda    1   2 3       4
and today is your dying day."   riff : Em/ C / D...       D(g), D(f#), D(e)  em c g 
       g                       d
The man began to squirm,
                c                    g
when the thief's eyes confirmed,
                        c        g                d
that it would be over sooner then said,
      g             d
the gun was swift,
            c               g
as the thief's fatal gift,
c            em      g
knocked him dead.   f# em
 em    c
"Goodbye walleye,
                       d
you are but a fish I have fried,

            g        d                   c
let the waves just take you away,
                    d  
whether there's a Heaven or Hell,
                   c
you'll be the first to tell,
                  em  d           c     
I'll see you on All Soul's Day..." riff : Em/ C / D...D(g), D(f#), D(e) g f# em c d c

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NICKEL f g am music: Christopher and Ashley Novak
  c        Bb                     am     f
Nickel angel show your pastel face,
                f           g         am
bundle me in your warm embrace,
  f           g                         am        f
soft and sweet melting the cast off sleet,
         f              g       am
you strive to be alive again.
               c          em            am
(chorus)Dance the dance of ages,
      c        em       am
your lips form a smirk,
         c             em  am f
your bible's lost it's pages,
               am       g         am
and in my back sticks a dirk.--   f g am
c          Bb             am        f
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
  f       g               am 
life was to have clarity,
f           g                 am     f
in the shadows we walk along,
 f                     g                   am                
joined hand and hand in conformity.(chorus)
   c         Bb               am                 f 
Nickel angel do you still have any worth?
 f                  g                     am
you weren't meant for this Earth...

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IRON 2nd
Bb                                 F
You weren't the one to entrust,
 Bb                                       F
I thought you would make it okay,

Bb                            a g f
what you leave me is rust,
Bb                        f
nothing but slow decay.
             Dm c
(chorus)Iron,
 em      am 
wash away,
Dm C
iron,
em                 am
you can never stay.--
  Bb                            f
You weren't there for me,
Bb                               f
I thought love would last,
 Bb                          agf
what I feel can never be,
Bb                    f
nothing but the past.(chorus)
Bb                f
Time ticks away,
Bb                          f
soon it will all run out,
Bb         a       g  f           
I have things to say,
Bb                                    f
but there's nothing to talk about.(chorus)...

CHROMIUM 2nd
em                c            g           d
Bright lights screaming about you,
g           c
all the colors,
g           d    em
dancing for you.
em        c                  d
Loving arms around you,
g               c
but all the care,
g        d       em
wasn't for you.
   g           d            em
Poisoned drinking sorrow,

        c      em            d 
this tired heart is worn,
g         d       em
losing my tomorrow,
c        d        g
was I ever born?

ZINC Music: Ashley Novak and Christopher Smith
Will the ink on my fingers,  Am g f
ever come off someday, Am g am
I think it'll still linger, f g 
no matter what you say. f g c 
(chorus)And so the harbinger sings , Dm Bb c dm
relying on twisted rhymes,  am c dm 
but choking on the ginger, Dm Bb c dm
the harbinger simply dies.-- dm f dm
Addicted to the promise, Am g f 
there's an end to confusion, Am g Am 
there's something I missed, f g 
because it's all an illusion.(chorus) f g c 
May the rain cleanse you, f g 
no matter what you do, f g c 
it's to bad it's acid, fg 
eating right on through... f g c

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COBALT
It wasn't my fault, Bb am
it was a thing to ignore, c g 
my heart was in a vault, Bb am                  
when you closed the door. c g    Am C g >  Am   dAm      G       d        Em c   Am g 
Finding the warmth in metal,  Dm f             abc   dacbdc   g f#e  dgf#   ee  c   da g
isn't that easy to do, am c g
like the death of every petal, dm c 
drowning in the dew... am c BbCb am

TIN 3rd
Get in your pigskin, c/g f c
and watch out for all the vermin, c g
when is there time to be vulnerable, c/g f c
a life in cased in tin is far more preferable. c g d g
(chorus)Ping-pang, let them mold you into anything they want, em d c g 
ding-dang, my friend, you're looking rather gaunt, em d g d c 
nothing comes from nothing when it's all you got.-- em c g d
You can't break through the barricade, c/g f c
everything's safe inside, c g 
but it's just a masquerade, c/g f c
and there's everything to hide.(chorus) g d c
The tired boat is all worn-out, am g d c 
the water is sinking in, em c d
those sneaky holes are all about, am g d c 
start filling them with tin... c d g 

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MERCURY
Quickly, quickly,  wither when way,
quickly, quickly,  super sam say,
quickly, quickly, pretty penny pay,
quickly, quickly, dead dime day.
(chorus)One, two, three, four,
what is all the hurry for?
five, six, seven, eight,
speedy, speedy, don't be late,
nine, ten,
run out of time again.--
How much faster can you go,
when you've run out of steam,
does anyone really know,
if there's any time to dream?(chorus)
You've lost the race, Am c
no time to cry, g d 
you've lost your place, am c 
no time to die... d em 

ALUMINUM 2nd
My aluminum pendulum gets closer everyday, f am dm 
I'm trying not to get hooked, c am g
but it's so pretty the way, d c 
back and forth it sways, em d 
that the danger was completely overlooked. g d c 
There is not much left to admire,
with hope locked in a case,
nothing left, but to expire,
when you have no fire,
and everything true has been erased.
I can't hear the dove sing,
I've already been pinned,
strangled with strings,
no longer guided by wings,
just lost in the wind.
You say I'll stay afloat,
but these ears aren't convinced,
hiding in my  coat,
from a world that wants my throat,
haven't been the same since.
What was once so clear,
has left me only to mourn,
I have no tear,
this heart has been seared,
burning, scorched in scorn... g am g 

COPPER 1st
Grasshopper eating with the fleas, d c am
no one's left to please, em d em
woodchopper cutting up the trees, d c am
points his axe and you're on your knees. em d em d g7 c
(chorus)Can't you cut the copper dead? Bm Gm g d
believe it or not it's in your head, Bm Gm g d
and I have no more red to shed.-- Bm Gm d a
You're so headstrong,
you just walk along,
and still don't see,
that you don't belong,
might not ever be.(chorus) (dag) ag
What was was was,
you've got silent applause,
why does it matter now?
because you've lost your cause... (dag) ag

GOLD
Jubilant eyes are smiling,
the birthright's all yours,
peasant eyes are crying,
you took what's not rightfully yours.
(chorus)Set the controls to gold,
always done what you're told,
set the controls to gold,
you're sold.--
Isn't it all a sweet enigma,
with their mighty fists crashing down,
your crown isn't big enough,
life sure must be rough.
Verdant valleys are growing,
the very daylight is yours,
stagnant waters are reeking,
the smell might be yours.(chorus)
Isn't it all a sweet enigma,
there's not enough to go around,
your crown is your handcuff,
life sure must be rough...

PLATINUM
Instrumental by Saul Simeon (Christopher Smith)  poem by Mart Arfunkel (Joe Smith)

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