Intro:

        Snare roll [2X]

        (acapella w/military drums; chords implied):

        C#m                    B   G#m F# F#sus2
        Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam

Verse:

        F#            F#6
        [D]           [D6]
        Mama, mama, forget your pies
              F#7                  F#
             [D7]                  [D]
        Have faith they won't get cold
             F#                    F#6
             [D]                   [D6]
        And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky
              F#7            F#
              [D7]          [D]
        Your flag is flying full

           F#           (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)
           [D]
        At half-mast
        For the matadors
        Who turned their backs
        To please the crowd
        And all fell before the bull

Bridge 1:

         B           A#m G#m      F#
        [G]         [F#m][Em]     [D]
        Red was the color of his blood flowing thin
                 B            A#m  G#m     F#
                [G]          [F#m] [Em]    [D]
        Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin
         B           A#m  G#m      F#
        [G]         [F#m] [Em]     [D]
        Blue was the color of the morning sky
            A
           [F]
        He saw looking up from the ground where he died
                         G#m        F#
                         [Em]      [D]
        It was the last thing ever seen by him

        (acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied):

        F#m E  C#m B  F#
        Kyrie elei...son

        (flugelhorn and military drums)

[repeat verse]

Bridge 2:

        Black and white were the figures that recorded him
        Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in
        Black and white was the question that so bothered him
        He never asked, he was taught not to ask
        What was on his lips as they buried him

        (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)

        F#
        Rex tremendae majestatis

Coda:

        (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)

        C#m                    B   G#m F# F#sus2
        Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam