Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
|DmDm C majorC |A#A# A minorAm |G minorGm FF |G minorGm A minorAm |
|A minorAm DmDm |A minorAm C majorC | 2x
Verse:
DmDm C majorC A#A# A minorAm
Tell you a thing that you ought to know
G minorGm FF G minorGm A minorAm
Two minutes of your time, then on you go
DmDm C majorC A#A# A minorAm
Tell tale of the men all dressed in black
G minorGm FF G minorGm A minorAm
That most of them, not coming back
DmDm C majorC A#A# A minorAm
Sent off to war to play little games
G minorGm FF G minorGm A minorAm
And on their return, can't name no names
DmDm C majorC A#A# A minorAm
Some strange yellow gas has played with their minds
G minorGm FF G minorGm A minorAm
Has reddened their eyes, removed all the lies
DmDm C majorC A#A# A minorAm
And strange as it sounds, death knows no bounds
G minorGm FF
How many get well?
G minorGm A minorAm
Only time will tell
|DmDm C majorC |A#A# A minorAm |G minorGm FF |G minorGm A minorAm |
|A minorAm DmDm |A minorAm C majorC |A minorAm DmDm |
A minorAm D5/A
Only time will tell
Instrumental:
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x
|G minorGm |FF | 2x
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|D5D5 F5F5 C5C5 |D5D5 F5F5 E5E5 | 2x
Verse 1:
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5 D5D5
You lie in your death bed now
F5F5 E5E5
But what did you bring to the table?
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
Brought us only holy sin
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
Utter trust is a deadly thing
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
To the prayer of holy peace
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
We didn't know what was lying underneath
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
So how could we be such fools?
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
And to think that we thought you the answer
Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2 E minorEm FF
I can't begin to understand in all the lies
G+G Dsus2Dsus2
But on your death bed, I can see it in your eyes
FF G+G
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
D MajorD
It really makes sense, I can really see it clearly now
Verse 2:
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
Tangled up in a web of lies
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
Could have been a way to prophesize
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
Unaware of the consequence
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
Not aware of the secrets that you kept
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
Nothing that we could believe
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
To reveal the facade of faceless men
D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
Not a thing that we could foresee
D5D5 F5F5 E5E5
Now a sign that would tell us the outcome
Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2 E minorEm FF
You had us all strung out with promises of peace
G+G Dsus2Dsus2
But all along, your cover plan was to deceive
FF
Can it put to rights now?
G+G
Only time will tell
D MajorD
Your prophecies will send us all to Hell as well
Chorus:
D5D5 E5E5 C5C5
Left to all our golden sons
G5G5 F5F5 D5D5
All to pick up on the peace
E5E5 C5C5
You could have given all of them
G5G5 F5F5 D5D5
A augmentedA little chance, at least
E5E5 C5C5
Take the world to better place
G5G5 F5F5 D5D5
Given them all just a little hope
E5E5 C5C5
Just think what a lega--cy
G5G5 F5F5 D MajorD
You now, will leave
Solo:
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|DmDm G minorGm |DmDm G minorGm |DmDm G minorGm |FF DmDm | 3x
|E minorEm C majorC |D MajorD G+G | 8x
|E minorEm A minorAm |E minorEm A minorAm |E minorEm A minorAm |G+G E minorEm | 2x
|E minorEm C majorC |A minorAm FF | 2x
Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC
We seemed destined to live in fear
A minorAm FF
And some that would say Armageddon is near
E minorEm C majorC
But where there's a life, while there's hope
A minorAm FF
That man won't self-destruct
E minorEm C majorC
Why can't we treat our fellow men
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
With more respect and a shake of their hands?
E minorEm C majorC
But anger and loathing is rife
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
The death on all sides is becoming a way of life
C majorC
We live in an uncertain world
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Fear, understanding and ignorance is leading to death
C majorC
Only the corpses are left
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
For vultures that prey on their bones
Instrumental:
|E minorEm C majorC |A minorAm FF | 2x
Verse 4:
E minorEm C majorC
But some are just not wanting peace
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
Their whole life is death and misery
E minorEm C majorC
The only thing that they know;
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
"Fight fire with fire, life is cheap"
E minorEm C majorC
But if they do stop to think
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
That man is teetering right on the brink
E minorEm C majorC
But do you think that they care?
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
They benefit from death and pain and despair
Instrumental:
|E minorEm C majorC |A minorAm FF | 4x
|DmDm G minorGm |DmDm G minorGm |DmDm G minorGm |FF DmDm | 2x
Ending:
|G minorGm Gm7Gm7 G minorGm Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x
|D5/A |