ALTAR OF PAIN AS RECORDED BY REZ BAND FROM THE ALBUM 'INNOCENT BLOOD' (1989) MUSIC BY ROY MONTROY LYRICS BY JACE SEAVERS AND JON TROTT TRANSCRIBED BY DOUG (THUG) BROWNE dc2browne@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Standard tuning. /--Riff One (Intro/verse) e:-------------|---------------------------------------------| B:-------------|---------------------------------------------| G:-------------|---------------------------------------------| D:-------------|-2---------------------5\4-------------------| A:---------5\4-|-2----------4/5--------3\2--------4/5--------| E:---------3\2-|-0----0--0--2/3--0--0-------0--0--2/3--0--0--| end riff one--\ e:------------------------------------------|-----------------|| B:------------------------------------------|-----------------|| G:------------------------------------------|--play-riff-one--|| D:-2----------------------5\4--------5------|-----3-times-----|| A:-2-----------4/5--------3\2--------5------|-----------------|| E:-0-----0--0--2/3--0--0-------0--0--3------|-----------------|| /--riff two (Chorus) e:----------------------------------------| B:----------------------------------------| G:o---------------------------------------| D:o------------7-------------------9------| A:--5/7--------7--------7/9--------9------| E:--3/5--5--5--5--------5/7--7--7--7------| end riff two--\ (verse 2) e:----------------------------------------||-----------------|| B:----------------------------------------||-----------------|| G:---------------------------------------o||--play-riff-one--|| D:------------5-------------------4------o||----4-times------|| A:-4/5--------5--------5\4--------4-------||-----------------|| E:-2/3--3--3--3--------3\2--2--2--2-------||-----------------|| (Chorus) Interlude: e:-----------------||-----------|-----------||----------------------| B:-----------------||-----------|-----------||----------------------| G:--play-riff-two--||-----------|-----------||o---------------------| D:----4-times------||-----------|-----------||o------9----9----9----| A:-----------------||-----------|-----------||-------7----6----5----| E:-----------------||--0--------|--0--------||-0--0-----------------| Solo: play 4 times e:-------------------||------------------------|| B:-------------------||------------------------|| G:------------------o||o----------------------o|| D:------7----7----6-o||o-2--2-----------------o|| A:------4----3----2--||--2--2------------------|| E:-0--0--------------||--0--0------------------|| e:----------------------------------| B:----------------------------------| G:o---------------------------------| D:o-2------2------------------------| A:--2------2------5\4--------4------| E:--0------0------3\2--2--2--2------| play four times (Solo/Verse 3) e:----------------------------------------||------------------|| B:----------------------------------------||------------------|| G:---------------------------------------o||--play-riff-one---|| D:---------------------------------------o||-----4-times------|| A:-7\5--------5--------9\7-------5\4------||------------------|| E:-5\3--3--3--3--------7\5----0--3\2---0--||------------------|| (Chorus) e:-----------------||-------------------------------------| B:-----------------||-------------------------------------| G:--play-riff-two--||o------------------------------------| D:-----4-times-----||o------------------------------------| A:-----------------||-------------------------------------| E:-----------------||--0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0-| play 4 times e:-----------------------------------||-------------|| B:-----------------------------------||-------------|| G:----------------------------------o||-------------|| D:----------------------------------o||--2----------|| A:-----------------------------5\4---||--2----------|| E:--0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0--3\2---||--0----------|| Verse One: Condemn the heads of the ever-learning Blot out the pages in the sacred tongues Board up the windows where the candle's burning These are the days of the gifted young Chorus: Listening for wisdom Weeping (Crying) bitter tears Eyes like diamonds Hearts of steel Murdering truth for passionless gain The gifted youth kneeling (at the altar of pain) Verse Two: Prepare the ground for the un-needed That dwell in the houses of the twisted limb Throw down the throne where justice is seated Set up the altar of the Aryan Verse Three: The high and mighty cry out 'treason' If you challenge the lie that they call truth For every time there is a season And these are the days of the gifted youth. 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