hallowed ground chords by Erasure
Verse 1
G
Everybody's intent on killing someone
The streets are closed
and there's a kid on the run
Bm
C
The bullets stream out from gun to gun
G
Everybody's intent on being someone
The cold and darkness
of a criminal dawn
Wrapped in blankets
gotta keep ourselves warm
Bm
C
A child in the arms of a teenage mom
Em
C
G
Who'll be there, who'll be the next victim
F
C
On the criminal dorm
G
Eb
Old friends meet on the edge of town
C
Chatting, conversations broken
Cm
Eb
F
Things will soon get better
G
while the children meet
Eb
Got the world at their feet
C
Not knowing what's around the corner
Cm
Eb
Are we living for an
F
G
uncertain future?
Down in the corner sits a broken man
Lives a kind of bottled
stress never again
Bm
C
Lost his money on the dogs and gin
G
Looks for his supper in a garbage can
Kids hang around by the old
school ground
Right by the river where
the body was found
Bm
Throwing stones on
C
hallowed ground
Em
C
G
Who'll be there, who'll be the next victim
F
C
Of the criminal dawn?
G
Eb
Old friends meet on the edge of town
C
Cm
Sharing conversations hoping
Eb
F
Things will soon get better
G
While their children meet
Eb
God can walk on their feet
C
Not knowing what's around the corner
Cm
Eb
A real living thought and a certain future
F
Em
Eb
Girl, can you hear
F
G
Bm
them calling?
C
G
In the cold and darkness
of a criminal dawn
Wrapped in blankets,
gotta keep us oats warm
Bm
C
A child in the arms of a teenage mom
Em
Who will be there,
C
G
who will be the last victim
F
C
Of the criminal thorn?
G
Eb
Old friends meet on the edge of town
C
Cm
Sharing conversation, hoping
Gm
things will soon get better
F
G
While our children meet,
Eb
we've got a world at hand
C
Cm
Not knowing what's around the corner
Eb
Fm
Or liv ing for themselves and future
F
G
Old friends meeting on
Eb
the edge of town
C
Sharing conversation, hoping
Cm
Eb
F
things will soon get better
G
While their children meet,
Eb
got the world at their feet
C
Not knowing what's around the corner
Cm
Eb
I'm only here for
F
G
an execution
C
G
Outro 1
You
G
G
hallowed ground
Erasure
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