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WhirlPool
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By: Prayer Chain
guessed at by: roshfe@sprynet.com

D A D D D
I saw you hanging on the wall
D A D D D
Rusted and gathering dust
a symbol of [D(+A)]love and understanding
A D D D
A lone figure, just like on the cross

CHORUS:
Do you have to die again
for me to understand
What you mean to me
And what I mean to you

D A D D D
My feet burn on hallowed ground
D A D D D
even though I’m thinking of you
The WhirlPools s[D(+A)]wirl around my feet
A D D D D
A holy man’s tears comfort me

And some men say that God is dead
some men say that God is dead
And sometimes I believe them
And sometimes I laugh at them
Because the rosary beads are worn
and no one is praying at his feet

CHORUS…

The peace dove flies above my head

a merciful man died for me
but the stained [D(+A)]glass windows
and the holy water condemming me

I guess I just don’t understand
just a confused young man
that no picture, no book
no statue, no man
can help me understand
what it means to be born again

CHORUS…repeat…

((C) 1991 the PrayerChain)

Note on alternate tuning added by:
Mark Schwarz (Scoff Pup@aol.com)

It took me a good deal of time and some experience
in alternate tunings, but I have difinitively
discovered that the song is performed using the
tuning of DADGAD as opposed to the standard of EADGBE.
The droning sound is brought via strumming the D,A,D,A
and D strings open, while the melody is played between
the sixth and eleventh fret. The chorus is played
using an adapted bar chord which is moved from the
fifth and seventh fret.