Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD G+G
D MajorD G+G
D MajorD G+G
B minorBm A augmentedA A majorA
Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G
Well I heard they built an island in the pacific
D MajorD G+G
Size of texas, made of plastic
D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA A augmentedA
Well I heard they built a bomb that could mow us all down that won't make a sound
D MajorD G+G
Well I heard they built a monument to broken things
D MajorD G+G
To money, power, fame, all brings
D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA A augmentedA
Where people gather 'round in their diamond rings, hoping things start spreading
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
While another day goes by
B minorBm G+G
There's famous aimless and I don't know why
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
On our screens, in our dreams, in our magazines, shine so bright like the stars in the sky
D MajorD A augmentedA
So tell me what it is I know
B minorBm G+G
I must be missing something but I'm not so sure
D MajorD A augmentedA
So tell me all the days, all the ways, all the time it takes
B minorBm G+G
All the real, all the fakes, where this show
D MajorD G+G
Will go?
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
Verse 2:
D MajorD G+G
Well I heard they found a message written on the sun
D MajorD G+G
Said 'love's the only way to end what we begun'
D MajorD G+G
They're keeping it a secret, got a race to run
B minorBm A augmentedA
More money to come
D MajorD G+G
Well I saw my baby born, saw my father die
D MajorD G+G
I felt a cold wind blow, heard my mother cry
D MajorD G+G
Stood in a hurricane, lay under the sky
B minorBm A augmentedA
Found a road, kept treading
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
While another day goes by
B minorBm G+G
There's famous aimless and I don't know why
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
On our screens, in our dreams, in our magazines, shine so bright like the stars in the sky
D MajorD A augmentedA
So tell me what it is I know
B minorBm G+G
I must be missing something but I'm not so sure
D MajorD A augmentedA
So tell me all the days, all the ways, all the time it takes
B minorBm G+G
All the real, all the fakes, where this show
D MajorD G+G
Will go?
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
Bridge:
E minorEm D MajorD
If we keep running to escape
E minorEm D MajorD
Going in circles, finding ways
E minorEm D MajorD
To envy, conspire, covet, hate
E minorEm
Then we'll just be wasting our time
A augmentedA
Falling in line, heeding no sign
E minorEm D MajorD
Stuck neither asleep nor awake
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