The Supermen

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The Supermen

When all the world was very young
And mountain magic heavy hung
The supermen would walk in file
Guardians of a loveless isle
And gloomy browed with super fear their tragic endless lives
Heaves nor sighs in solemn, perverse serenity
wondrous beings chained to life

Strange games they would play then
No death for the perfect men
Life rolls into one for them
So softly a super god cries

Where all were minds in uni-thought
Power is weird by mystics taught
No pain, no joy, no power too great
Colossal strength to grasp a fate
Where sad-eyed mermen tossed in slumbers
Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold
A man would tear his brother's flesh, a chance to die
To turn to mold

Far out in the red-sky
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration
So softly a super god cries

Far out in the red-sky
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration
So softly a super god dies
F* G*
F*
When all the world was very young
G*
And mountain magic heavy hung
F*
The supermen would walk in file
G*
Guardians of a loveless isle
Am Am/G F
And gloomy browed with superfear their tragic endless lives
E
Could heave nor sigh

In solemn, perverse serenity
F* G*
Wonderous beings chained to life

CHORUS #1:
F G F G
Strange games they would play then, no death for the perfect men
Ab Bb Am F Ab C
Life rolls into one for them, so softly a supergod cries

Where all were minds in uni-thought
Power wierd by mystics taught
No pain, no joy, no power too great
Colossal stength to grasp a fate
Where sad eyed mermen tossed in slumber
Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold
Man would tear his brother's flesh
A chance to die, to turn to mold

CHORUS #2:
Far out in the red sky, far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration, so softly a supergod cries

CHORUS #3:
Far out in the red sky, far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration, so softly, a supergod dies



F*: alternate bass notes between F and E
G*: alternate bass notes between G and E
F bass G
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|----------2/3---|----------4/5---|repeat
|-------2/3---2/3|-------4/5---4/5|
|1---1-1---------|3---3-3---------|

then guitar
F G
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|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|hammer or
|--------3-------|--------5--------slide up maybe
|2---2-2---x2----|5---5-5---x2----|
|1---1-1---------|3---3-3---------|
When

|F |G |
all the world was very young and mountain magic heavy hung
all were minds in uni-thought power weird by mystics taught no

|F |G |
The supermen would walk in file.... guardians of a loveless isle and
pain, no joy, no power too great colossal strength to grasp a fate where

|Am |C |
gloomy browed with super fear their tragic endless lives could heave nor
sad eyed mermen tossed in slumbers nightmare dreams no mortal mind could

|E7 | |
sigh in solemn, perverse serenity..... wondrous beings chained to
hold man would tear his brother's flesh, a chance to die, to turn to

|F |G |
life
mould

|F |G |
Strange games they would play then
Far out in the red-sky

|F |G |
No death for the perfect men
Far out from the sad eyes

|Ab |Bb |
Life rolls into one for them
Strange mad celebration

|A |F Ab |
So softly a supergod
So softly a supergod

|C | |
cries...................................
cries...................................

D E D E D E F F# G F G
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|---------12b------------9-------7--9---7---9---10--11--12------------12-|
|12p10-12-----12p10-12---9-------7--9---7---9---10--11--12---10h12p10-12-|
|------------------------7-------5--7---5---7---8---9---10----repeat-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------then repeat start
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