Chords with lyrics
INTRO
Bsus2Bsus2
VERSE 1
With all the grain of Babylon
To cultivate, To make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
Asus2Asus2
Till the war came
Bsus2Bsus2
Till the war came
VERSE 2
A augmentedA terrible autonomy
Is grafted onto you and me
A augmentedA trust put in the governments
Who told their lies as heaven sent
Asus2Asus2
Till the war came
Bsus2Bsus2
Till the war came
CHORUS
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
G+G
When the war came
AsusAsus Bssu2
The war came hard
VERSE 3
We made our oaths to Avalon
We'd not betray the soul lain on
The acres of hysteracy
To our own pangs of starvation
When the war came
When the war came
CHORUS
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
G+G
When the war came
AsusAsus Bssu2
The war came hard
OUTRO
With all the grain of Babylon
With all the grain of Babylon