Intro (x2): C G Eb C Fm

Verse 1:
C   G        Eb        C
 Tourists on boat down Broadway
Fm
Cumberland keeps claiming bodies
C    G        Eb       C           Fm
 All our best memories were bought and then turned into apartments
C    G         Eb      C        Fm
 The club with all the hardcore shows now just a grayscale Domino's
C    G        Eb  C         Fm
 The churches overflow each Sunday, greedy Sunday morning

Pre-chorus: C G Eb C

Fm                      C G Eb C
  Giftshop in the lobby
Fm                            C G Eb C
  Act like God ain't watching
Fm                           C G Eb C
Kill the soul, turn a profit
Fm
What lives on, Southern Gotham

Chorus:
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost
    Cm                           G
I reanimate your bones with my belief
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost
    Cm                              G             C G Eb C Fm
I reanimate your bones 'cause I'm a true believer

Verse 2:
C     G      Eb         C      Fm
 They put up chain-link fences underneath the biggest Bridges
C     G       Eb        C          Fm
 They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all the children
C     G        Eb    C      Fm                                 C
 They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face
   G          Eb      C       Fm
So they don't have to pray to someone they deem lesser than them

Pre-chorus: C G Eb C

Fm                         C    G Eb C
  The South will not rise again
Fm                        C G Eb C
 'Til it's paid for every sin
Fm                           C G Eb C
  Strange fruit, hard bargain
Fm
  Till the roots, Southern Gotham

Chorus:
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost
    Cm                           G
I reanimate your bones with my belief
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost
    Cm                              G             C G Eb C Fm
I reanimate your bones 'cause I'm a true believer
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost
    Cm                           G
I reanimate your bones with my belief
Ab                     Fm
 I'm the one who still loves your ghost (Ah-ah)
    Cm                              G
I reanimate your bones 'cause I'm a true believer (Ah-ah-ah)

Outro (x4): C G Eb C Fm
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