Intro: F Dm Bb C F Dm Bb Verse 1: C F Dm Bb When he died C F Dm Bb Turns out he left behind C F Dm Bb a mansion full of other people's skulls C F Dm Bb The odd thing is, they never found his own C F When he died Interlude: Dm Bb C F Dm Bb Verse 2: C F Dm Bb When he died C F Dm Bb He somehow left behind C F Dm Bb strange symbols on the floor beneath his corpse C F Dm Bb C Investigators said the wood was scorched F Dm Bb C When he died Interlude -x3-: F Dm Bb C Chorus 1: C Ab Fm When he died Db Eb Ab Fm Db They found so many scorpions inside his lungs Eb Ab Fm When he died Db Eb Ab Fm The statues of his missing children cried Db Eb F Dm Bb C What was later found to be his blood Interlude -x3-: F Dm Bb C Verse 3: C F Dm Bb When he died -On a dark and stormy night- C F Dm Bb They telephoned his wife -Who reacted with delight- C F Dm Bb C But gradually her voice began to fade to nothing F Dm Bb And the Laughing Record played -nc- F Dm Bb C The Laughing Record played Interlude: F Dm Bb C Chorus 2: Ab Fm When he died Db Eb Ab They found a message etched into his spine Fm Db Eb Ab Fm That said when he died Db Eb Ab Fm An endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh Db Eb F Dm Bb C And the blood would make the seas run red Interlude: F Dm Bb C Verse 4: C F Dm Bb When he died -On a dark and stormy night- C F Dm Bb a nearby shed caught fire -It simply caught alight- C F Dm Bb And when they cleared the charred wood from the ground C F Dm Bb Inside they found a painting of a clown C F Dm Bb He'd painted it when he was just a child C F Dm But scrawled upon the back Bb C Ab Fm Db Was exactly when he... died Outro: Eb Ab Fm Db When he died Eb Ab Fm Db When he died Eb Ab Fm Db When he died Eb F Dm Bb C When he died Outro -x4-: F Dm Bb C
