Artist : Sol Invictus
Title : Kneel to the Cross
Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise! x6
Intro (repeat 8 times):
Em
Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise!
C
Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise!
Verse:
Em G
Give us our bread and bury our dead
Bm
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Em G
Whether burnt at the stake or drunk at the wake
Bm
Just kneel to the cross on the wall
Em G
We've original sin, but we might just get in
Bm
If we beg to the cross on the wall
Em G
It's love your neighbours and rattle your sabre
Bm
Just kneel to that cross on the wall.
Chorus:
A Em
See the roof fall
A Em
Hear the bells crash
A Em
As flesh and bone
A Em
Turn to ash
A Em
Tried to conquer the sun
A Em
With a Christian frost
A Em
The corpses' stench
A Em
Beneath the cross
Verse:
Em G
Give them gold and they'll save your soul
Bm
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Em G
And hail to the boss of the great unwashed
Bm
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Em G
They wail and weep, the march of the sheep
Bm
As they go to the cross on the wall
Em G
And it's ever so wrong to dare to be strong
Bm
So kneel to the cross on the wall
Chorus:
A Em
See the roof fall
A Em
Hear the bells crash
A Em
As flesh and bone
A Em
Turn to ash
A Em
Tried to conquer the sun
A Em
With a Christian frost
A Em
The corpses' stench
A Em
Beneath the cross
Outro:
Em G Bm
It's ever so wrong to dare to be strong
Em G Bm
It's ever so wrong to dare to be strong
Em G Bm
But Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise! x4
Em G Bm Em
But Sumer is icumen in - Arise! - Arise!