Asaf Avidan - The golden calf

^G#mAs you dance around the golden ^Ecalf your spinning gown Showed all the ^C#mhungry boys in town what they had ^D#7missed They ^G#mthought that you had found the echoes ^Eof that holy sound Which God had ^C#mspat into the ground that he had ^D#7kissed Your soul was ^G#mtearing and a thread was dragged be^Ehind you as you fled Into the ^C#mshadows of the bed in which you ^D#7hid And ^G#mas the whispers spread the color ^Edarkened to a red That ^C#mstained all you ever said with what you ^D#7did

And I^B met you one night through a ^Atrick of the light A ^C#mthousand lifetimes a^Bgo ^BI held your face in my ^Ahands and I traced Every ^C#mline you never wanted to ^Bshow 'Cause I k^Anow ^C#mWe are the children that ^Bnever let ^Ago ^C#mWe are the children that ^Bnever let ^Ago

^G#mAs they poured across the borders ^Eof your dress they crossed Into the ^C#mlayer of the frost around your ^D#7name And every ^G#mone of them was lost between the ^Ehammer and the cross That you ^C#mlabelled and then tossed into the ^D#7flame You know I ^G#mnever meant to try to teach ^Eanything but my Commandment ^C#msmashed when I collided with your ^D#7hips And ^G#mwho was I to dare to love you ^Eor to interfere With all the ^C#mscars that you declared across your ^D#7lips

And I ^Bmet you one day through a ^Acrack in the pavement A ^C#mthousand silences ^Bold ^BI pulled your chest to my ^Ahand and I pressed Every ^C#mcrest that was covered in ^Bsnow 'Cause I kno^Aw ^C#mWe are the children that ^Bnever let ^Ago ^C#mWe are the children that ^Bnever let ^Ago ^C#mWe are the children that ^Bnever let ^Ago

^G#mI was forced to scavenge through the ^Erotten crates and salvage That was ^C#mbroken down and ravaged by the ^D#7sea And ^G#mas we stepped outside we saw the ^Ecalf and then the tide Of moonlight ^C#mhit its golden eye and it was ^D#7me...