Villagers – The Meaning Of The Ritual chords

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			     The Meaning of The Ritual - The Villagers
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Tabbed by: Brandon Peralta [tabster9000]
Email: dakid9496@aol.com

Tuning: Standard

INTRO:
A D     A D

VERSE:
A            D  My love is selfish,
      Bm       A         Emand I bet that your's is too.
C#m           C#m7                F#m      F#m7What is this peculiar word called truth?

Bm        D          E7


A             D   My love is selfish,
       Bm        A      Emand it cares not who it hurts.
        C#m            C#m7        F#m         F#m7It will cut you out to satisfy its thirst
        Bm             D            E7For the meaning of the ritual, so habitual and cursed

A             D   My love is selfish,
       Bm    A       EmHow it separates the earth.
         C#m         C#m7                 F#m         F#m7It takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt,
        Bm             D                  E7for the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth
             C#m          C#m7           F#m       F#m7They've been twisted by a hollow kind of pain.
         Bm              D            E7Oh I can see it in their eyes but I ignore it every day, because

A             D   my love is selfish,
       Bm        A    Emand it remembers everything
         C#m               C#m7            F#m           F#m7Like the first time it was moved enough to sing
       Bm              D                 E7How it dangled on that stage just like a puppet on a string