The Pogues - The Wake of the Medusa: chords

     Am
The guests are stood in silence
       F               Am
They stare and drink their wine
On the wall the canvas hangs
  C              Em
Frozen there in time

       C            Em
They marvel at the beauty
     Am             F
The horror and despair
        Am
At the wake of the Medusa
 C      Em     Am
No one shed a tear

Chorus:
 C                  G
Sit my friends and listen
 Am               F
Put your glasses down
 C                  G
Sit my friends and listen
        Am
To the voices of the drowned

In the moonlight's ghostly glow, I waken in a dream
Once more upon that raft, I stand upon a raging sea
In my ears, the moans and screams of the dying ring
Somewhere in the darkness, the siren softly sings

Chorus:
Out there in the waves, she stands
And smiling there, she calls
As the lightning cracks the sky
The wind begins to howl

The architects of our doom around their tables sit
And in their thrones of power,
condemn those they've cast adrift
Echoes down the city street,
their harpies laughter rings
Waiting for the curtain call.
oblivion's in the wings

Chorus:
The casket is empty
Abandon ye all hope
They ran off with the money
And left us with the rope

The casket is empty
Abandon ye all hope
They ran off with the money
And left us with the rope