xArtist: Neil Halstead Song: No Mercy For the Muse Album: Oh! Mighty Engine Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected] Chords Used: EADGBe Am:002210 C: 032010 C7:032310 Em:022000 F: 133211 G: 320033 Standard Tuning: (Capo IV) Intro: C C7 Verse 1: C C7 Shabby boy’s kept you up all night Am Em Oh sentimental drinkers F Em G Sing songs that end in fights about fights Verse 2: use verse 1 chords And they’ll swear to you that they just can’t help it That poem in their head That painting of your bed, it must out Chorus 1: Am Em Does time stand still when you cross the room Am Em Oh surely it must do Am When they write a song Em G That goes on, and on about you Verse 3: use verse 1 chords Does your golden hair, fall in waves No mention of a spot, tantrum or tooth rot No not for them Verse 4: use verse 1 chords Just pearly smiles and Mona Lisa wiles For your coterie of stars Your barrel of charlatans Chorus 2: F C Celebrate, and they will venerate F C Hold their heads in the morning glare F C For with some faint praise, they will hold you gaze F C And dedicate it all to you F C Yeah dedicate it all to you Verse 5: use verse 1 chords Oh you live you life in black and white No subtlety for you No mercy for the muse, it’s true Verse 6: use verse 1 chords Come in again number 10, oh your army of typewriters Your consequence of biters Won’t last long Chorus 3: use chorus 1 chords And life will burden you not Love will carry on with a thrust And they’ll swear to you That they just can’t help it That poem in their head That painting of your bed It must out Pre-chorus: C It must out... Final Chorus: use chorus 2 chords Celebrate, and they will venerate Hold their heads in the morning glare For with some faint praise They will hold you gaze And dedicate it all to you Yeah dedicate it all to you Yeah dedicate it all to you
