Dm
Old hope
     G
Got stuck in your throat
C                         F
Wound its way around your neck
F                   Dm
And caused you to choke
G
Old hope
C
Made of rope
Fmaj7                       Gm            Dm
That held you tight when the chair legs broke


[Chorus]
            Dm
When they found you hanging in the wood
                        Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
         F                   Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
 C
Tear out my tongue
               Gm    Dm
Cause I've been redeemed
            Dm
When they found you hanging in the wood
                       Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
F                             Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
Gm
Tear out my tongue
                 C7   C Dm
Cause I've been redeemed

[Verse 2]

Dm               G
Save my blushes for the grave
C                F
No shy glance, no coy restraint
     Dm
And I won't hang my head
C
And I won't repent
    F                     Gm     C
Won't face the wall and count to ten

N.C.
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

[Bridge]

           Dm
Well they tore you down
          G
And they tore out your tongue
         C
And they made you kneel
           F
For all the things that you'd done
       Dm
But you wouldn't cry
       C
And you would't beg
         F
You just grinned
                  C   Gm    Dm
And tore out your teeth instead


[Chorus]
     Dm
And when they found you hanging in the wood
                       Gm
You said at least now I don't have to be kind or good
        F                 Dm
I'll be cruel and I'll be obscene
Gm
Tear out my tongue
              C
Cause I've been redeemed

[Outro]

Dm
I don't have to sit down and behave
           Gm
Cause my darling I've been saved