Genesis chords by VNV Nation

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Bm 
Breathing an air
Em 
Permeated, soaked in darkness
F# 
F#m 
F# 
Emanating from  within
F#m 
D 
A 
Resonat  ing like a scream
Bm 
no one can hear

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Verse 2

I wear this chaos well

Though none should save me

Desperation keeps me here

F#m

My need for innocence

The place where I began

The abyss becomes me

F#m

I wear this chaos well

Verse 3
A 
Bm 
Are these not words of heresy?
Em 
A venom on my lips, a poison?
Bm 
F#m 
F# 
My spirit    impurified
Bm 
Em 
In everything I choose to say
G 
With you I stand in

Verse 4
A 
hope
F#m 
That God will save us
G 
from ourselves
Every cry a wasted moment
A 
D 
G 
Until another day is lost
A 
Even lands we once called home
F#m 
G 
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Em 
Bm 
Only heaven's silence
F#m 
Bm 
for an answer
G 
A 
And did our laughter, did our tears
F#m 
G 
Have some purpose after all?
Did we toil in vain in hope
A 
D 
That wisdom came from
G 
what we'd done?
Em 
F#m 
F# 
Even lands we once called home
F#m 
D 
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Em 
F#m 
Only heaven's silence
F# 
Bm 
for an answer

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Are these not words of heresy?

A venom on my lips, a poison?

F#m

My spirit impurified

In everything I choose to say

Verse 6
A 
Bm 
If I would shed my skin, the layers left
Em 
But not the lessons learned
F#m 
It would not undo what I have done
Bm 
Or grant forgiveness in
Em 
some better days
G 
With you I stand in

Verse 7
A 
hope
F#m 
That God will save us
G 
from ourselves
Every cry a wasted moment
A 
D 
G 
Until another day is lost
A 
Even lands we once called home
F#m 
G 
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Em 
Bm 
F# 
Bm 
Only heaven's silence for an answer
G 
A 
And did our laughter, did our tears
F#m 
G 
Have some purpose after all?
A 
Did we toil in vain in hope
D 
That wisdom came from
G 
what we'd done?
Em 
F# 
Even lands   we once called home
F#m 
F# 
Bm 
D 
Lie un    discovered and unknown
Em 
F# 
Only heaven's silence
Bm 
for an answer