------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Meaning of The Ritual - The Villagers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Brandon Peralta [tabster9000] Email: dakid9496@aol.com Tuning: Standard INTRO: A D A D VERSE: A D My love is selfish, Bm A Em and I bet that your's is too. C#m C#m7 F#m F#m7 What is this peculiar word called truth? Bm D E7 A D My love is selfish, Bm A Em and it cares not who it hurts. C#m C#m7 F#m F#m7 It will cut you out to satisfy its thirst Bm D E7 For the meaning of the ritual, so habitual and cursed A D My love is selfish, Bm A Em How it separates the earth. C#m C#m7 F#m F#m7 It takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt, Bm D E7 for the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth C#m C#m7 F#m F#m7 They've been twisted by a hollow kind of pain. Bm D E7 Oh I can see it in their eyes but I ignore it every day, because A D my love is selfish, Bm A Em and it remembers everything C#m C#m7 F#m F#m7 Like the first time it was moved enough to sing Bm D E7 How it dangled on that stage just like a puppet on a string