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