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This is what Matt plays, not what John plays, since what Matt plays is the more recognizable/distinctive part.
Alternate between fingering C as 032010 and 032013 freely throughout, with occasional dips into Cadd9 030233 for
color as the mood moves you. Picking pattern is one of the standard fingerpick shapes (you may recognize it from
Dear Prudence).

Capo 4

[Verse 1]
C
We who train in the way of the blade
C
We who sleep in the accursed glade
          Am
We come before you now
          C
We come before you now

[Verse 2]
C
We who in his favor would stand
C
Who lovingly await his most fearsome command
          Am
We come before you now
          C
We come before you now

[Refrain]
              D7
Cut loose the handcuffs
           F       Am  G  C
Let him go free

[Verse 3]
C
We who travel by starlight
C
We who slipped past your guards in the night
          Am
We come before you now
          C
We come before you now

[Bridge]
       Bb??                    F
We who boldly lay claim to our own
                   Em                      G
We who've seen the chamber of the one true throne

[Verse 4]
C
We who have seen the kindness of the cracks of his face
C
We who will die if we must in this place
             Am                           C
We've come before you, outnumbered and unafraid
C
Well-trained in the way of the blade

[Refrain]
              D7
Cut loose the handcuffs
           F
Let him go free

Let him go free
           Am
Let him go free
           G
Let him go free

C