D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose


[Verse 1]
A
Waltz in Vienna has taught me to use, every
G           A
Tall room a fiction
D
Leather bound treasure books
G          A
Up to the ceiling
      D
Gold spine upon spine
    G             A
The guile and the treason
    D                    G  A
The faith and allegiance


[Chorus]
D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose


[Verse 2]
    A
The author grew fat to imagine
    G        A
His lead pen careening
     D
Gave voice to the scheming
   G     A            D
An Aryan cabale to de-throne
    G             A
The guile and the treason
    D                    G
The faith and allegiance
   A             D
To the empire un-known


[Bridge]
    Bm            F#m
The baron and his mistress
Em                   D
Dine in fine banquet hall
   Bm       F#m      Em
As rebel in-surgents plot in
                 A
The attic space, crawl


[Chorus]
D
Wide open falsehood the clan destine truths
A
Rival till the end in a series of duels
D
Pardon the drapery language I choose


[Verse 3]
    A
His small hand did strive to explain all the
G         A
Rants and raves of
  D
A people enslaved
       G           A
By the cant of the shrewdest
D
Capable men
    G             A
The guile and the treason
    D                    G
The faith and allegiance
A             D     G A    D
Now lie in my hand


[Interlude]
G  A   |   D   |


[Outro]
    G             A
The guile and the treason
    D                    G
The faith and allegiance
A             D
Now lie in my hand.