Resistance chords by Queensrÿche

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:

B A E G A B A B
B A E G A B A D
B A E G A B A B
B A E G A B A E
E D E E D E E D E D A
E D E E D E E D E G D

Verse 1:
            E       D E
Protests in New York
E         D   E
Listen to the call of the wild
E    D    E       D        A
Brothers, sisters carrying signs
E       D  E             D   E
Breathe deep before it's too late
E          D  E     D            A
The sky is falling, burning your eyes
E       D   E                D  E
Down in New Orleans, river's boiling
        D  E    D          A
Nothing living, nothing to eat
E     D   E             D  E
Thank the Lord, daddy's working 8 to 5
E      D   E       G          D
Paying the doctor, baby's got cancer

Pre-Chorus:
 B        A
(Give and take)
G                          A
Has all we've learned been wrong?
 B     A      G                       F
(Look around) At what we've been given
C                     D
Maybe we've taken too long

Chorus 1:
 E           D
(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right
E                       D   A
Can't solve the problem overnight
 E           D             A           B D A
(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild

Verse 2:
E           D E
Burning coal
E      D    E               D E
Got to keep the company warm
E      D     E    D           A
As the rain keeps killing the trees
E       D    E                  D   E
Cut 'em down quick, pay the man his wage
E      D    E                 D           A
He's making paper to fuel the Information Age
E                 D  E
Out in the Midwest
E                    D     E
Hear the roar of the plough
E       D    E    D    A
Turning grassland into sand
E          D   E           D     E
Gotta feed the people more every day
E                  D   E       D    A
But the wind keeps blowing the land away

Pre-Chorus:
 B        A
(Give and take)
G                          A
Has all we've learned been wrong?
 B     A      G                       F
(Look around) At what we've been given
C                     D
Maybe we've taken too long

Chorus 2:
 E           D
(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right
E                       D   A
Can't solve the problem overnight
 E           D
(Resistance) Liberal opposition crying,
 E         D        A
"Violation Stop the madness!"
 E           D
(Resistance) Through the din
E         D         A
One voice we should hear
 E           D             A           B D A
(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild

[Guitar Solo - Michael Wilton]
B A E G A B A B
B A E G A B A D
B A E G A B A

G G G F C
G G G F C
G G G F C
G G G F C

Bridge:
E                   F#
There's no easy solution
    G                      A
The price is high and it's time to pay
E                     F#
Turn of the century vision
  G                 D
Focused on a better way

Chorus 2:
 E           D
(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right
E                       D   A
Can't solve the problem overnight
 E           D
(Resistance) Liberal opposition crying,
 E         D        A
"Violation Stop the madness!"
 E           D
(Resistance) Through the din
E         D         A
One voice we should hear
 E           D             A           B D A
(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild

Outro:
B A E