A Matter Of Habit chords by Moddi

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
DmDm Dm/C DmDm

Verse 1:
DmDm                    Dm/C
Learning to kill is a matter of habit
   DmDm                   G minorGm Bb majorBb  Bb/A
The more you have done it, the better you're at it
   G minorGm          Bb majorBb      Bb/A
It starts on the alleys of Sechem at night
   G minorGm               DmDm   Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C
The borderlines blur in the evening light
  DmDm                   Dm/C
A augmentedA rifle butt bangs on an old rusty door
DmDm                       G minorGm     Bb majorBb  Bb/A
"Where is your father? Get down on the floor!"
 G minorGm             Bb majorBb    Bb/A
Soon it gets serious, a curfew's declared
  G minorGm                       DmDm
The city falls silent, there's death in the air
FF
Cocking his weapon with shaking fingers
FF                      G minorGm Bb majorBb Bb/A
Grits his teeth as he's hugging the trigger
 G minorGm             Bb majorBb    Bb/A
Young blood rushes, his heart pounds
   G minorGm                 DmDm   Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C
He knows it gets easier the next time around
        Bb majorBb
They're just objects and shadows, not women and men
A7A7                DmDm    Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C
Learning to kill is a natural thing

Verse 2:
DmDm                    Dm/C
Learning to fear is a matter of habit
   DmDm                   G minorGm Bb majorBb  Bb/A
The more you have done it, the better you're at it
 G minorGm        Bb majorBb      Bb/A
News from above reach the street
    G minorGm                   DmDm
There's no hope of living, the end is so near
FF
Tidings of terror, a raven's crow
FF                     G minorGm    Bb majorBb Bb/A
Shutter your windows, lock up your homes
 G minorGm             Bb majorBb    Bb/A
We're just a handful, a tiny country
   G minorGm               DmDm
Surrounded by evil, they won't let us be
      Bb majorBb
They have hate in their hearts and in all that they bring
A7A7                DmDm
Learning to fear is a natural thing

Interlude:
Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C DmDm  Dm/C

Verse 3:
F minorFm           Fm/Eb
Cruelty is a matter of habit
   F minorFm                   BbmBbm  DbDb  Db/C
The more you've seen it, the better you're at it
BbmBbm        DbDb    Db/C
Every boy has a tyrant's desire
BbmBbm                    F minorFm
Hands behind the head, legs spread wide
     AbAb
These are times of danger, times of despair
  AbAb               BbmBbm    DbDb Db/C
No room for compassion, a soldier can't care
   BbmBbm             DbDb       Db/C
Our neighbors are vermin, they're used to the blood
  BbmBbm                       F minorFm   Fm/Eb
How can they feel pain when they're living in the mud?
     BbmBbm       DbDb      Db/C
Through cruel routine a soldier is born
 BbmBbm                   F minorFm
Ignorance soon turns to evil in war
DbDb
Israel's land is for Israel's kin
C7C7               F minorFm
Cruelty comes as a natural thing

Interlude:
F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm  Fm/Eb C minorCm  Bb majorBb
F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm  Fm/Eb C minorCm  Bb majorBb
F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm  Fm/Eb C minorCm  Bb majorBb
F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm  Fm/Eb C minorCm  Bb majorBb
Bb

Verse 4:
F minorFm             Fm/Eb
Learning to love is a natural thing
  F minorFm                 BbmBbm  DbDb  Db/C
It will find a way if you just let it in
    BbmBbm            DbDb      Db/C
It will be strange at first, but then you'll see it
   BbmBbm                  F minorFm
That learning to love is a matter of being
 AbAb
Being human is a matter of habit
  AbAb                 BbmBbm    DbDb Db/C
A augmentedA few baby steps, then you get better at it
 BbmBbm              DbDb      Db/C
To be for one minute, just now, just recall
  BbmBbm               F minorFm   Fm/Eb
The opposite side of the towering walls
     BbmBbm          DbDb      Db/C
But our hearts have hardened along with our skin
  BbmBbm               F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm  Fm/Eb
We built a bubble and let no one else in
      DbDb
We'll be staring in wonder as the angel falls
   C7C7                  F minorFm      Fm/Eb F minorFm
Then being human will be a matter of course
      Fm/Eb  F minorFm  Fm/Eb F minorFm