[Verse 1]
EmBehold a new Christ
EmBehold the same old horde
EmGather at the altering
EmNew beginning, new word
EmAnd the word was death
EmAnd the word was without light
EmThe new beatitude
EmGood luck, you're on your own
EmDAmCEmDGA[Chorus 1]
Em Blessed are the fornicants
DA May we bend down to be their tramps
A Blessed are the rich
Cmaj7Em May we labor, deliver them more
Em Blessed are the envious
DG Bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain
G Blessed are the gluttonous
ACmaj7 May they feast us to famine and war
DGmaj7G[Bridge]
Cmaj7DWhat of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?
Gmaj7DWhat of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
Gmaj7Cmaj7All doomed, All doomed
DEm[Verse 2]
Em Behold a new Christ
D Behold the same old horde
G Gather at the altering
A New beginning, new word
Em And the word was death
DG And the word was without light
G The new beatitude
AGood luck
[Bridge]
Cmaj7DWhat of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?
Gmaj7GWhat of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
Cmaj7What of the righteous?
DWhat of the charitable?
EmEWhat of the truthful, the dutiful, the decent?
EmDAmCEmDGAB[Chorus 2]
Em Doomed are the poor
D Doomed are the peaceful
A Doomed are the meek
C Doomed are the merciful
Em For the word is now death
DG And the word is now without light
EmThe new beatitude
EEmFREAK
EmFreak the doomed, you're on your own