C Dm
C Dm
C Dm
Gm F
C Dm
Gm F (x2)


[Verse 1]
    Dm
The tempest blows up from a squall
                     C
Past the Cape of Bad Conscience
                     F
Into the Gulf of the Cauldron
               Bb           F          Gm
Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten
             C                           F
Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern

[Verse 2]
Dm
Scrapper and mauler in a rope ring this small
C                   F
Outside the wind is punching
                       Bb
There's no one left to hear it
F                Gm
No one hears the bell ring
                            C
Except the one who comes to fear it
                     F
And they continue to brawl

[Chorus]
     Cm                  D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
   Gm    Fm
He weeps at the blows
     Cm                     D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
   Gm             Fm
He turns the dial slowly
            Bb              Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross

[Bridge]
Cm            F
Crowd done up dandy
   Bb           Eb
In diamonds and finery
Cm         F
Baying and howling
      Bb       Eb
All bloodlusty calling
Cm         F
Fists like pistons
Bb              Eb
Faces like meat spoiling
Cm          F     Bb         Eb
Haul, boys, haul, bully-boys haul

[Verse 3]
Dm
Later that evening

Molly and her gunman
   C                                F
Go down the stairs to a dive like a dungeon
                 Bb                 F           Gm
Meanwhile in the backroom there's a girl like a sponge
                      C                     F
Saying, "Bring him in long as a constable's truncheon"
    Dm
The gunman wants Molly to kingdom come
     C                     F
Then blows them all to the hereafter
                Bb   F       Gm
Who's scuttling away now and hidden from our view?
                  C                       F
Who tightened the tourniquet, turning her blue?


[Chorus]
     Cm                  D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
   Gm    Fm
He weeps at the blows
     Cm                     D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
   Gm             Fm
He turns the dial slowly
            Bb              Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross


[Bridge]
    Cm           F
The gale of hale laughter
Bb             Eb
Scales up the ivory
    Cm                F          Bb               Eb
The black keys of her fine whine descend into the minor
Cm       F
Die away breathless
Bb            Eb
Diminishing behind her
Cm        F     Bb         Eb
Haul boys haul, bully-boys haul

[Verse 4]
    Dm
The water came up to the eaves
      C                          F
You'd think someone had opened a valve
                 Bb           F           Gm
It's too soon to stay now and too late to leave
              C                         F
So spare your remorse all the way up to Calvary


[Chorus]
     Cm                  D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
   Gm    Fm
He weeps at the blows
     Cm                     D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
   Gm             Fm
He turns the dial slowly
            Bb              Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross

[Outro]
            Bb              Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross
            Bb              Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross