Key: A minor
Verse 1
G#m
Sleeping at night in a plaster
C#m
board box
G#m
G#sus4
Scratching the earth with
G#m
C#m
the nails on my fingers
G#m
G#sus4
And the ground pukes up rocks and
G#m
F#
rocks and more rocks
E
And when the seeds finally
C#m
G#m
reach the ground
E
B
E
It's all been for nothing
Verse 2
E
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
C#m
I hear the cries of children at night
G#m
G#sus4
I watch their faces grow
G#m
C#m
sallow with hunger
G#m
G#sus4
Who draws the line between
F#
what's wrong and right
E
C#m
G#m
And when I ask what my life is for
E
B
E
It's all been for nothing
Verse 3
E
G#m
C#m
Save your regrets for the dead,
B
A
but for the living
D#
G#m
F#
Give them love and give them bread
E
G#m
C#m
One more hungry mouth to be fed
B
A
Remember the living
D#
Give them love,
give them bread
G#m
F#
G#m
E
Verse 4
G#m
G#sus4
Standing in the light of the
G#m
kitchen screen door
C#m
G#m
G#sus4
Like some kind of untouchable
G#m
C#m
stuck in Calcutta
G#m
I almost forget what I'm
F#
standing here for
E
C#m
G#m
And I don't know what to do but I know
E
B
E
I won't leave with nothing
Verse 5
E
G#m
Where are the days when life
C#m
G#m
was carefree
C#m
Why must I suffer this, what was my crime
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
F#
Begging or thievery, which shall it be
E
C#m
G#m
Is there no other choice for me
E
B
E
I can't live with nothing
Verse 6
E
G#m
C#m
Save your regrets for the dead,
B
A
but for the living
D#
G#m
F#
Give them love, give them bread
E
C#m
One more hungry mouth to be fed
B
A
Remember the living
D#
G#m
Give them love, give them bread
F#
Yeah, justice
Verse 7
E
D#
C#m
only comes to the dead,
B
A
but for the living
D#
G#m
F#
Give them love, give them bread
E
Tell them one more hungry
G#m
C#m
mouth to be fed
B
A
Remember the living
D#
Give them love, give them bread
G#m
E
Verse 8
G#m
C#m
I hear the cries of the children at night
G#m
I watch their faces grow
C#m
sallow with hunger
G#m
C#m
G#sus4
Who draws the line between
F#
what's wrong and right
E
C#m
G#m
When they ask me what life is for
E
B
E
I must give them something
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