50000 chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

Intro: (play 8 times!)
A augmentedA  D MajorD

Verse:
FF            A augmentedA
Another obituary in the paper today,
FF                     D MajorD
One more for the list of those who've already fallen.
FF              A augmentedA
Another one of our comrades is taken down,
FF             D MajorD
Like so many others of our calling.
FF             A augmentedA
We tweet our anecdotes, our commentary,
FF              D MajorD
Or we sing his songs in some sad tribute,
FF                     A augmentedA
While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,
C majorC
That he's no longer able to deny or refute.

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD
50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.

Chorus:
FF             A augmentedA
How well I remember the stadiums we played,
FF                     D MajorD
And the lights sweeping across a sea of 50,000 souls we'd face.
FF              A augmentedA
A majorA serious drug that you could never kick,
FF                   D MajorD
Or one that you couldn't imagine you'd ever replace.

FF               A augmentedA
We flew like kites on the wings of amphetamine,
FF                 D MajorD
Secured only to a bass line and a snare drum beat.
FF           A augmentedA
But really what did any of it mean?
C majorC
When there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat.

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD
50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA
Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.

Verse:
FF           A augmentedA
Reflecting now on my own past,
FF              D MajorD
Inside this prison I've made of myself.
FF           A augmentedA
I'm feeling a little better today,
FF                     D MajorD
Although the bathroom mirror is telling me something else.
FF           A augmentedA
These lines of stress, one bloodshot eye,
FF              D MajorD
The unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost.
FF           A augmentedA
Where did I put my spectacle case?
C majorC
I'm half blind and as deaf as any post.

Outro:
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
50,000 hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me.
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
We create the gods we can and gift them immortality.
A augmentedA         D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA
Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.

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