Key: E Verse 1: C F Will all promises be kept G Am Will we all be better off F C I get the notion we won't know G C Until the ketamine wears off F I looked up and to my left G Am And saw the canopy of greed F C I do not need to be unburdened G C I just need someone to lead Am C G F And if it looks a bit familiar like it did the other time F C They see that history don't repeat itself G C All history just rhymes
Chorus: F C The river's deep, the river's wide G And there ain't no way across it Am Cept to swim or sink and die F C The way is long, the path is mean G I ain't got none of my friends left Am They all vanished in the stream F C I ain't got none of my friends left G C They all vanished in the stream Verse 2: C F When the black hat with his chainsaw G Am Picked a child from his litter F C To remind us he's a man G C F I admit I did feel bitter and I wondered if the jester knew G C That he's in on the joke G Am C Some folks don't ask what's in the wagon F G C They just grin and bear the yoke Am C G And if it looks a bit familiar like it did Am F C The other time they say that history don't repeat itself G C No history just rhymes Chorus: F C The river's deep, the river's wide G And there ain't no way across it Am Cept to swim or sink and die F C The way is long, the path is mean G I ain't got none of my friends left Am They all vanished in the stream F C I ain't got none of my friends left G C They all vanished in the stream Verse 3: F When they pave over the bodies Am And democratize the stones F C G Am I will leave the yelp review in the valley of the bones C F When the thirsty had their blood and all G Am The people souls departed F C G C They can raise the holy swollen Golden Temple of the arches Am C G Am And it looks a bit familiar like it did the other time F C They see that history don't repeat itself Am No history just rhymes F C Oh history don't repeat it's up G C No history just rhymes Out-Chorus: F C The river's deep, the river's wide G And there ain't no way across it F Cept to swim or sink and die C The way is long, the path is mean G I ain't got none of my friends left Am They all vanished in the stream F C I ain't got none of my friends left G C They all vanished in the stream