D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose
[Verse 1]
A
Waltz in Vienna has taught me to use, every
G A
Tall room a fiction
D
Leather bound treasure books
G A
Up to the ceiling
D
Gold spine upon spine
G A
The guile and the treason
D G A
The faith and allegiance
[Chorus]
D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose
[Verse 2]
A
The author grew fat to imagine
G A
His lead pen careening
D
Gave voice to the scheming
G A D
An Aryan cabale to de-throne
G A
The guile and the treason
D G
The faith and allegiance
A D
To the empire un-known
[Bridge]
Bm F#m
The baron and his mistress
Em D
Dine in fine banquet hall
Bm F#m Em
As rebel in-surgents plot in
A
The attic space, crawl
[Chorus]
D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose
[Verse 3]
A
His small hand did strive to explain all the
G A
Rants and raves of
D
A people enslaved
G A
By the cant of the shrewdest
D
Capable men
G A
The guile and the treason
D G
The faith and allegiance
A D G A D
Now lie in my hand
[Interlude]
G A | D |
[Outro]
G A
The guile and the treason
D G
The faith and allegiance
A D
Now lie in my hand.
