[Intro]
C G A E Fmaj7 C
C G A E Fmaj7 C
[Verse]
C G  A     E    F        C 
lazy flies all hovering above
       G   A    E    F          C 
the magistrate, he puts on his gloves
        D7            G        F            C 
and he looks to the clouds all pink and disheveled
        D7            G        F            C 
and he looks to the clouds all pink and disheveled
    F             C 
inscribed in our minds
[Chorus]
  Am       D   F           Am 
a hideous game vanishes in thin air
              D      F            Am 
the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
    E           F                    C 
to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
   D           G     F          C 
to ride in the sun a life of confessions
E               F    G# 
written in the dust
[Verse]
C     G     A     E      F            C 
out in the mangroves the mynah birds cry
               G   A    E     F              C 
in the shadows of sulphur the trawlers drift by
        D7            G         F            C 
they're chewing dried meat in a house of disrepute
B7          C           G        F# 
the dust of opiates and syphilis patients
   F           C 
on brochure vacations
[Chorus]
Am         D          F              Am 
fear has a glare that traps you like searchlights
             D           F             Am 
the puritans stare their souls are fluoresecent
    E         F                   C 
the skin of a robot vibrates with pleasure
D           G         F            C 
matrons and gigolos carouse in the parlor
      E            F                G# 
their hand-grenade eyes invalid and blind 
[Instrumental]
C G A E F C
G A E F C
D7 G F C
B7 C G F#
F C
[Chorus]
  Am       D   F           Am 
a hideous game vanishes in thin air
              D      F            Am 
the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
    E           F                    C 
to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
   D           G     F          C 
to ride in the sun a life of confessions
E               F    G# 
written in the dust
[Outro]
(over verse chords)
La la la