{title: Hangman}
{artist: Roy Harper and Jimmy Page}
[Am] Last night I wasn't sleeping [D] I knew it was my [Am] last
[Am] I've just been lying thinking [D] Reliving all my [Am] past
[Am] My family and friends have left [D] My children are all [Am] lost
[F] And now I'm standing in a death cell [E7] As the sands of time fall fast
[Am] My poor heart it is thumping [D] My head is fit to [Am] flood
[Am] To feel that rope around my neck [D] And know it's there for [Am] good
[Am] I know that I am innocent [D] And no one's under-[Am]stood
[F] And now I'm standing on the gallows [E7] To be murdered in cold blood
[Am] We are creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Killers of [E7] time
[Am] Creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Bodies in [E7] lime
[Am] Hangman, oh hangman [D] How sleepless is your [Am] bed?
[Am] I can't believe my own ears [D] My heart is full of [Am] lead
[Am] That you'd apply and get the job [D] Of pulling off my [Am] head
[F] And leave me kicking in the darkness [E7] Splattering the walls with blood
[Am] Hangman oh hangman [D] You're working in the [Am] shade
[Am] For creatures of the jungle [D] Whose message is dis-[Am]played
[Am] In graphic tones of blood revenge [D] All down the civil [Am] blade
[F] And you're the creepy little monkey [E7] Who murders to be paid
[Am] And in about six minutes time [D] I'll be thrown into the [Am] lime
[Am] By the screws who dug my grave [D] Who never felt the [Am] shame
[Am] Who threw me in still breathing [D] As they covered me with [Am] slime
[F] And stuck me on a map in the governor's office [E7] A number with no name
[Am] We are creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Killers of [E7] time
[Am] Creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Bodies in [E7] lime
[Am] And as true as I stand here [D] I would wish to be [Am] untied
[Am] To rip those lies clean out your throats
[D] That my death might somehow be just-[Am]ified
[Am] There's no unconsecrated ground [D] In my heart or in my [Am] mind
[F] I lived and died in a world full of snakes [E7] And I'm buried in a vicious lie
[Am] We are creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Killers of [E7] time
[Am] Creatures of [G] darkness, [F] Bodies in [E7] lime
