(The | means a new measure and the means the bass note on the current chord.)



|Eb |C |Eb |C |



Eb |G-Bb |

Who robbed the cradle, who robbed the grave

C |F- |

Who's the one that asked to be saved

Bb Bo7 |C- Db |Ab Gb Gb F |

No, wo-wo-wo no answer came

Eb |G-Bb |

I moved to the country that cried of shame

C |F- |

I left my home and found a name

Bb Bo7 |C- Db |Ab Gb Gb F |

No, wo-wo-wo nobody could explain



C-G C Eb G |Ab Bb Ab |

Have mercy, cried the blacksmith

C-G C Eb G |Ab Bb Ab |

How're you gonna replace human hands

C-G C Eb G |Ab Bb Ab |

Found guilty, said the judge

C-G C Eb G |Ab |Ab(7) ||Eb |C |Eb |C ||

For not being in demand



verse:

Frozen fingers at the keyboard

Could this be the big reward

No, no answer came

Brought up everybody to see for themselves

They wouldn't believe it from no one else

No, nobody could explain



chorus:

Dead tongue said the poet

To the daughter of burlesque

Cocteau, Van Gogh and Geronimo

C-G C Eb G |Ab |Ab(7) ||Eb |C |Eb |C ||

They used up what was left



|Bb(7) | | | |Bb(7) | | | Bo7 |



chorus:

Cry wolf, said the martyr

I don't believe I'm alive

You're the hero, said the mute

C-G C Eb G |Ab |Ab(7) ||Eb |C |Eb |C ||

And you're bound to sur-vive



outro: |F7 |Bb7 |Eb(7) | | | | to fade