Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
Refrain:
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
The brain tends to divide between what's yours and what is mine
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
And what it believes to be wrong and right
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
The brain does not seem to know that we all share the same home
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
And existence is a fact it's not a right
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# B minorBm
The land is the land, the sky is the sky, the water belongs to all of us
A augmentedA G+G D/F#D/F# D MajorD
And I can find no reason to mutilate our mother with fences and borders
B minorBm C majorC
And obsessive thinking, of proving our individuality
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm
So what can you do when your fellow man, criminalizes your plan
C majorC G+G
For getting by, and the presence of your body means you've acted
C majorC D MajorD
Irresponsibly, and you've failed to be born before all the world was taken
Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
And you got nowhere to call home, on a globe, twenty-two thousand miles around
G+G C majorC
And gravity breeds illegality cause it'll always bring you down
D MajorD
On somebody else's piece of ground
Refrain:
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
The brain seems to think with enough manipulation
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
The brain could be master of the sea, the land, the sky
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
The poor little brain could not seem to realize
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
That no measure of intelligence could ever improve upon perfection
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# BB
The land is the land, the sky is the sky, the water belongs to all of us
A augmentedA G+G D/F#D/F# D MajorD
And I can find no reason to mutilate our mother with fences and borders
BB C majorC
And obsessive thinking, of proving our individuality
Verse 4:
G+G D MajorD
We can put a man on the moon, but that won't save us
E minorEm B minorBm
When the ground's too poisoned and there ain't water enough left
C majorC G+G
To grow our food and liposuction and transplanted hair will keep us sexy
C majorC D MajorD
As we slowly die from poison in the air we breathe
Verse 5:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
We can build a town in half a day, blow each other all away
B minorBm C majorC
Go home latter on that day, watch it all on the evening news
G+G C majorC
Despite our age of information, It won't help us without wisdom
D MajorD
And all our ingenuity has only brought us to the brink of annihilation
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Outro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Technology cannot replace responsibility
G+G E minorEm C majorC
And fifty-five don't justify our own poisoning
G+G E minorEm C majorC
And progress seems like backwards lies cause we all started off with paradise
G+G E minorEm C majorC
So leave your mark on our world by leaving no mark at all
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Maybe it's security
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Maybe it's simple amibition
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Maybe it's insanity
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Maybe it's just good old tradition