Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: E minorEm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA thousand years from now on
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The flame of life's gone out
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The earth - a frozen wasteland
G+G E minorEm C majorC
No living trace - no sounds
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The world did die in anguish
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The ashes turned to dust
E minorEm D MajorD
Fire and ice - blackness of night
G+G
Man's evolution has lost
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Don't tell me that we didn't know
A minorAm G+G
And that we haven't been told
A minorAm G+G E minorEm D MajorD
The final s.o.s. we all ignored
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
We've seen the writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
The writing on the wall
Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The science of the madman
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Was getting out of control
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
For every creature comfort
G+G E minorEm C majorC
There is a heavy toll
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
We turned on mother nature
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Stabbed her deep in a back
E minorEm D MajorD
We ripped out her lungs - poisoned her veins
G+G
Internal acid attack
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Don't tell me that we didn't know
A minorAm G+G
And that we haven't been told
A minorAm G+G E minorEm D MajorD
The final s.o.s. we all ignored
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
We've seen the writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
The writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
Seen the writing on the wall
Solo:
A minorAm G+G
A minorAm G+G
A minorAm G+G E minorEm
D MajorD D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
I'm just painting a picture
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Of how it could be
E minorEm D MajorD
But time's running out - the clock's ticking down
G+G
You're not blind - can't you see
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Don't tell me that we still don't know
A minorAm G+G
And that we're not being told
A minorAm G+G E minorEm D MajorD
The final s.o.s. we shouldn't ignore
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
Just read the writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
The writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
Read the writing on the wall
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
The writing on the wall
E minorEm