Lilac And Black chords by Ezra Furman

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

G          D          C
  We all escaped from somewhere else
G                     D              C
  To the cruel, cruel city where the asphalt melts
Em                   Bm          Am
  In the heat of our anger          which finds no release
D                             C
  In the lab rat maze of ever-narrowing streets
     G             D       C
It's no surprise



          G                 D       C
We've got blood in our eyes
            G             D       C
We've been alone too long
G             D               C
  We belong together with our weapons drawn

Em        C    D  x2




Verse 1:
                     Em
Tonight, tonight I'm dreaming of my queer girl gang
       C                D
We who walk this deadly path
        Em
And the city that tries to kill us each night
     C                   D
Will soon bow before our wrath, ah

Em    C   D


Verse 2:
         Em
We've got  death stares to ward off enemies
C                      D
Amulets to ward off fear
      Em
And I try to keep count, try to guess the amount
       C                          D
Who'll make it through the coming year
D
The coming year
Em


Pre-Chorus:
Am
So now we're calling out to stations 'cross the underground
G
Gather all your savages and send them out
Am
If you get the signal come defend the crown
     C      G         D
That nobody knows you wear


Chorus:
               Em             G
We're out here on the attack
            C               D
We wear the lilac and black
             Em               G
We might not make it back
            C               D
We wear the lilac and black


Em       C    D x2
(aggressively, like the chorus)

Em       C    D x2
(softer, like verses)


Verse 3:
    Em
The cis question if we really exist
C               D
Sometimes even we've got doubts
        Em
But the feminine deferred like a rubbed-out word
         C                               D
Is still passed around from mouth to mouth
      Emadd9        C    D
Hell, yeah


Verse 4:
         Em
We might smile and laugh in a photograph
        C                         D
But you know our pretty heads are haunted
          Em
We're the frozen girls in a planned-out world
           C                     D
They never once asked us what we wanted, no

Em


Pre-Chorus:
             Am
So now we're in the territory we've been in before
G
End the preparations as begin the war
    Am
The streets of this city's what we're asking for
          C           G           D
And we'll take 'em if they're not given


Chorus:
            Em               G
We're never coming back
            C                D
We wear the lilac and black
               Em            G
We're out here on the attack
            C                D
We wear the lilac and black

                 Em              G
No, we might not make it back
            C                    D
Oh, we wear lilac and black
            Em                   G
We leave no trace you can track
            C                    D
We wear the lilac and black


Outro:

Em    G    C   D  x2



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