The Idol

The Idol Brooker-Reid (a few fill ins and upbeats are missing) chorus Fm Fm/EbGb7/D Oh the idol, Ebm Ebm/AADEb Oh the idol ://: verse Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/DGb They knew the monster's every trick Ebm Gb/Dd Ab7/C They knew his secrets every stitch bass:AbCDbEb Ab Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/DGb All of it had been a game Ebm Gb/Db Ab7/CDb Nothing but a charlatan break Eb Db Ab Eb Perhaps there was a chance of coming through Eb Db Ab Eb It even seemed that he might think it too Gm Cm Eb/Bb F (bass:fga) Bb (bass Ab But he could see no point in diving in G7 Cm Cm/Bb F F/A Bb But he knew that he would neither sink nor swim chorus2 Ab Cm/G Fm Fm/C Fm/DEb Eb4-3-2-1-6-1 And so they found he'd nothing left to say Ab Cm/G Fm Fm/C Fm/D Eb Just another idol turned to clay chorus DEb verse It seemed to them he must know what to do They knew that only he could pull them through They thought that he would make a plan He'd work it out, he'd understand break Like drowning men they clutched at every straw They knew that he had saved them all before But he could see no point in diving in He knew that he would neither sink nor swim chorus2 chorus Transcribed by Leif Thiborg 061019