Tom: Bm
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How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
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Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
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Forgotten spot in an Italian village
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without a roof for sleeping under
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Grow up to be a deadly demon hunter?
[verse 2]
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The paladin catholic father without a father
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Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
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By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
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By fourteen, who knew he was gonna become a martyr
[verse 3]
Bm
And so he got a job with the mob, smugglin' heroin
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But soon the law was hot on his trail, pursuit was narrowin'
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So he disguised himself as a priest and a samaritan
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And felt the urge to be much more than a barbarian
[verse 4]
Bm
Then a vampire came, and devastation reigned
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Our man saw the monster sucking blood from people's veins
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So he took a holy blade and he stabbed it in the brain,
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And the vampire was slain, the incident lit a flame.
[verse 5]
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Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
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Took up a collection just to send him to the Vatican
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"Get your ordination, don't forget from whence you came
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and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
[chorus]
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Alexander Anderson
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My name is Alexander Anderson
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And I like killing things because it's fun
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But just you pray, just you pray...
[verse 6]
Bm
And that was how he found a home, back in Rome, joined Iscariot
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Trained him how to fight and defend the proletariat
Bm
Paired him with a deadly sidekick, a Kraut chick
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Injected him with nanobots so now he heals quick
[verse 7]
Bm
Protestants and Heathens are something that he could not abide
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Killin' 'em filled him right up with pride, somethin' new inside
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A voice saying "Alex, you gotta humble yourself"
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He started retreatin' and readin' every Bible on the shelf
[verse 8]
Bm
There would have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
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Dead or destitute without a cent of restitution
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Started writin', fightin' for the Church and the good lord
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Killing Ghouls and Zombie fools and all of Satan's demon horde.
[verse 9]
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Slayin ev'ry undead freak he can get his hands on
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Prayin' God will keep him meek as he lays his hands on
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The green earth of the em'rald island
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Iscariot's sending him off to Ireland
[bridge 1]
Bm
Alexander Anderson (Alexander Anderson)
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Jesus is the only king for you (is the only king for you)
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You could never back down
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You took your own death in -- stride
Bm
Oh, Alexander Anderson (Alexander Anderson)
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When the Seraphim sing for you
Em
Will they open the pearly gate?
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Will they know you've embraced your fate?
Bm/F# Em/G D/A F#7/A
The world will never be the same, oh
[verse 10]
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He should've got much more in life
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than what his saviour brought him (Just you wait)
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A life of piety
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and this is what it got him? (Just you wait)
Em/G
To sacrifice his personhood is what
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the Church had taught him
[Bridge ]
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We fought with him
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Me? I died to him
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Me? I hated him
Em6/F# F#
Me? I loved him
Em/C#
And me? I'm the vampire that shot him
[outro]
Em/G D
I like killing things because it's fun
Em6/F#
So just you pray
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What's your name, man?
Bm
Alexander Anderson!
