Key: B major•
Verse 1
The streets are closed
and there's a kid on the run
D#m
E
The bullets stream out from gun to gun
The cold and darkness
of a criminal dawn
Wrapped in blankets
gotta keep ourselves warm
D#m
E
A child in the arms of a teenage mom
G#m
E
B
Who'll be there, who'll be the next victim
A
E
On the criminal dorm
B
G
Old friends meet on the edge of town
Em
G
A
Things will soon get better
Em
G
Are we living for an
A
B
uncertain future?
Down in the corner sits a broken man
Lives a kind of bottled
stress never again
D#m
E
Lost his money on the dogs and gin
Kids hang around by the old
school ground
Right by the river where
the body was found
G#m
E
B
Who'll be there, who'll be the next victim
A
E
Of the criminal dawn?
B
G
Old friends meet on the edge of town
E
Em
Sharing conversations hoping
G
A
Things will soon get better
Em
G
A real living thought and a certain future
A
G#m
G
Girl, can you hear
A
B
D#m
them calling?
E
B
In the cold and darkness
of a criminal dawn
Wrapped in blankets,
gotta keep us oats warm
D#m
E
A child in the arms of a teenage mom
E
B
who will be the last victim
A
E
Of the criminal thorn?
B
G
Old friends meet on the edge of town
E
Em
Sharing conversation, hoping
A
B
While our children meet,
E
Em
Not knowing what's around the corner
G
Am
Or living for themselves and future
A
B
Old friends meeting on
Em
G
A
things will soon get better
Em
G
I'm only here for
A
B
an execution
E
B
Outro 1
You
B
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB D#m E G#m A...
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