Standard Tuning
Chords for this song:
A E D F#m C# C#7
F G B
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Intro:
A E D E (x2)
A
E D
E
cast your eyes into the distance
A
E D E
try to focus on it all
A
E D E
find a spirit of resistance
A
E D E
instead of pride before the fall
F#m
D
forge some opposition
F#m
D E
from disparate strands
A E
D
it ain't the prettiest position
E
A E D E
as a century ends
A
E D E
unstable situation
A
E D E
faces made of wax
A
E D E
streams of melting glass
A
E D E
sheets of butchered facts
F#m
D
the roar of the machine
C#
C#7
D E
hooded hearts and jewelled hands
A E
F
and anger spilling out like gasoline
G
A
as a century ends
E
B D
A
everything I seen, everything that I heard,
E
B D
A
ain't even the tip of the iceberg
F
G
fire down memory lane
D
E
so pass me my rose tinted glasses again
Interlude (F#m D F#m D E A E D A)
A
E D E
through a fog of contradiction
A
E D E
out to the lake of tears
A
E D E
see society admiring its own reflection
A
E
D E
chase a light that shines and disappears
F#m
D F#m
D E
careful what you say 'cos reality offends
A
E D
just sit back and let your soul decay
E
A
as a century ends
(Play verse through twice)
A
E D E
and its easy to get weary
A
E D E
as you fight to get it done
A
E D E
‘gainst a popular theory
A
E D E
that it's over 'fore it's even begun
F#m
D
strain the limit of compassion
C#
C#7 D E
tend a wound that never mends ohhh
A
E
and honesty still out of fashion
F
G A
as a century ends (repeat)