Dm
Old hope
G
Got stuck in your throat
C F
Wound its way around your neck
F Dm
And caused you to choke
G
Old hope
C
Made of rope
Fmaj7 Gm Dm
That held you tight when the chair legs broke
[Chorus]
Dm
When they found you hanging in the wood
Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
F Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
C
Tear out my tongue
Gm Dm
Cause I've been redeemed
Dm
When they found you hanging in the wood
Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
F Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
Gm
Tear out my tongue
C7 C Dm
Cause I've been redeemed
[Verse 2]
Dm G
Save my blushes for the grave
C F
No shy glance, no coy restraint
Dm
And I won't hang my head
C
And I won't repent
F Gm C
Won't face the wall and count to ten
N.C.
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
[Bridge]
Dm
Well they tore you down
G
And they tore out your tongue
C
And they made you kneel
F
For all the things that you'd done
Dm
But you wouldn't cry
C
And you would't beg
F
You just grinned
C Gm Dm
And tore out your teeth instead
[Chorus]
Dm
And when they found you hanging in the wood
Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
F Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
Gm
Tear out my tongue
C
Cause I've been redeemed
[Outro]
Dm
I don't have to sit down and behave
Gm
Cause my darling I've been saved
