G
G
F G   F G
F G   F G


[Verse 1]
    G
The yoke of pride, so many times
    G
Has fallen on the best of us
    G
The yoke of pride, so many times
    G               F             G
Has burdened us who dwell in charity
G
Why, you ask, not break the chains?
     G
T'is hard enough contending with
    G
The downward eyes of passer-bys
   G                   F             G
No hearth, no home, no love, no dignity


[Chorus]
Eb      G   F      Eb
Lo, yet one more decry
        Bb       D              Eb
From an infamous throne such as mine
G    F   C
Vile and stable
     Eb           D      G
In a wondrous and slow decline


[Interlude]
G    F    C    Bb   D G


[Verse 2]
    G
The rain still must fall
     G
On a wanderer of such likeness
G                     Bb   Eb D
Fortune is a beggar’s bane
        G
Yet the stain blights us all
G
More so who thus deny it
G                     Bb   Eb D
Fortune is a beggar’s bane


[Chorus]
Eb        G     F       Eb
Now I'm a rogue in your eyes
      Bb         D          Eb
But I once was a yeoman who shined
       G     F      C
With a place at the table
     Eb         D      G
With laymen and lords alike


[Interlude]
G      D
G      D
G      D
G      D


[Chorus]
Eb    G      F           Eb
Now I find myself in the mire
     Bb            D         Eb
Of a world still unfolding itself
G    F   C
Vile and stable
     Eb           D      G
In a wondrous and slow decline


[Outro]
G    F    C    Bb   D G
G    F    C    Bb   D G   F G