Intro: C | Em | Am | G 


C            Em 
All men kill the thing they love 
    Am                       G 
 By all let this, by all let this be heard 


     C 
   I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye 
    Em 
   Upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky 
       Am                                     G 
   And at every drifting cloud that went with sails of silver by 
      C                                  Em 
   In Reading Gaol by Reading town there is a pit of shame 
       Am                            G 
   And in it lies a wretched man all eaten by teeth of flame 


     C       Em         G        Am 
 The man had killed the thing he loved 
     C     Em     G 
 And so he had to die 


C            Em 
All men kill the thing they love 
    Am                       G 
 By all let this, by all let this be heard 

        C 
   Some kill their love when they are young 
   And some when they are old 
        Em 
   Some strangle with the hands of Lust 
   Some with the hands of Gold 
       Am 
   The kindest use a knife, because 
                       G 
   The dead so soon grow cold 
       C 
   And there till Christ call forth the dead, 
      Em 
   In silence let him lie 
      Am 
   No need to waste the foolish tear 
       G 
   Nor heave the windy sigh 


     C       Em         G        Am 
 The man had killed the thing he loved 
     C     Em     G 
 And so he had to die 


C            
All men kill (All men ki-i-ill) 
    Em 
the thing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove) 
    Am                       G 
 By all let this, by all let this be heard x2 


C Em Am G 


   C 
   Some do it with a bitter look 
               Em 
   Some with a flattering word 
       Am 
   The coward does it with a kiss 
           G 
   And the brave man with a sword 
  
       C       Em         G        Am 
   The man had killed the thing he loved 
       C     Em     G 
   And so he had to die 


C            
All men kill (All men ki-i-ill) 
    Em 
the thing they love (The thing they lo-o-ove) 
    Am                       G 
 By all let this, by all let this be heard 

C            
Oh-o-oh (All men ki-i-ill)oh 
    Em 
Oh-Oh-o(The thing they lo-o-ove)oh 
    Am        G 
 Oh-oh-o,o Oh-Oh-o