Key: A minor
Intro 1
F#
C#m
F#
C#
C#m
C#
F#
B
F#
G#m
G#
C#m
Verse 1
E
How bright are the fires of thought
C#m
B
C#m
In a chain of command
E
How bright is the medical torch
C#m
B
When it's put in our hand
Verse 2
G#
G#m
E
My mi crobes and I
G#m
E
We can't wait to lay down and die
G#
G#m
E
We realize that we must be spent
D#m
Like the cells that dissolve when
F#
G#
C#m
a brainwave is sent
Verse 3
E
How bright are the fires of thought
C#m
In a chain of command
Interlude 1
B
G#m
G#
G#m
B
G#m
G#
C#m
Verse 4
E
How bright are the fires of thought
C#m
B
C#m
In a chain of command
E
How bright is the medical torch
C#m
When it's put in our hand
B
Verse 5
G#m
E
G#m
My blood group and me
E
A body of soldiers are we
G#
G#m
E
To the wound we quickly flowed
D#m
And we fought them with the weapons
G#
C#m
in our chemical code
Verse 6
E
How bright are the fires of thought
C#m
In a chain of command
Interlude 2
B
G#
G#m
B
G#m
G#
C#m
F#
B
G#m
C#m
F#
B
F#
G#m
F#
G#
G#m
My microbes and I
Verse 7
E
G#m
E
We can't wait to lay down and die
G#m
G#
G#m
E
We realize that we must be spent
D#m
Like the cells that dissolve when
F#
G#
C#m
a brainwave is sen t
Verse 8
E
How bright are the fires of thought
C#m
B
In a chain of command
Interlude 3
G#m
G#
B
G#m
G#
Verse 9
B
G#m
Chain of command
B
F#
C#m
G#
G#m
Chain of command
D#m
B
D#m
Chain of command
G#
Chain of command
Verse 10
B
Chain of command
G#
Chain of command
B
Chain of command
G#
Chain of command
Verse 11
B
Chain of command
G#
Chain of command
B
Chain of command
G#
Chain of command
Verse 12
Chain of command
Chain of command
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