Lilac & Black chords by Ezra Furman

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Verse 1
G 
D 
C 
 (G major) We all es (D major) caped from  (C major) somewhere else
G 
 (G major) To the cruel,
D 
C 
cruel  (D major) city where the as (C major) phalt melts
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) In the heat of our  (B minor) anger
Am 
 (A minor) which finds no release
D 
 (D major) In the lab rat maze of ever-
C 
nar (C major) rowing streets

Verse 2
G 
It's  (G major) no surprise
D 
C 
G 
 (D major)  (C major) We've got  (G major) blood in
D 
C 
our eyes  (D major)  (C major) 
G 
D 
C 
We've been alone  (G major) too long  (D major)  (C major) 
G 
D 
 (G major) We belong to (D major) gether with our
C 
 (C major) weapons drawn

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
Em 
 (D major) Tonight, tonight I'm  (E minor) dreaming
of my queer girl gang
C 
D 
We  (C major) who walk this deadly path  (D major) 
Em 
And the city  (E minor) that tries to kill
us each night
C 
D 
Will soon  (C major) bow before our wrath,  (D major) 
ah
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
Em 
We've got  (E minor) death stares
to ward off enemies
C 
D 
Am (C major) ulets to ward off fear  (D major) 
Em 
And I  (E minor) try to keep count,
try to guess the amount
C 
D 
Who'll make  (C major) it through the coming year,  (D major) 
the coming year
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 5
Am 
So now we're calling  (A minor) out to stations
'cross the underground
G 
 (G major) Gather all your savages and send them out
Am 
 (A minor) If  you get the signal,
come defend the crown
C 
G 
D 
That nobody  (C major) knows  (G major) you  (D major) wear

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) 
Em 
G 
We're out here  (E minor) on  the attack  (G major) 
C 
D 
We wear the lilac  (C major) and black (D major) 
Em 
G 
We might not  (E minor) make it back  (G major) 
C 
D 
We wear the  (C major) lilac and black (D major) 

Interlude 2
Em 
C 
D 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
Em 
C 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
Em 
C 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 7
E 
The cis  (E major) question if we really exist,
Em 
C 
D 
 (E minor) sometimes  (C major) even we've got doubts  (D major) 
Em 
E 
But the fem (E minor) inine  (E major) deferred like
Em 
a rubbed- out  (E minor) word
C 
Is still passed  (C major) around from
D 
mouth to mouth  (D major) 
Hell, yeah
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
Em 
We might  (E minor) smile and laugh in a photograph
C 
But you know  (C major) our pretty
D 
heads are haunted  (D major) 
Em 
We're the frozen  (E minor) girls
in a planned- out world
C 
D 
They never once  (C major) asked us what we wanted,  (D major) 
no
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 9
Am 
So now we're  (A minor) in  the territory
we've been in before
G 
 (G major) End the preparations as
begin the war
Am 
The streets  (A minor) of this city's
what we're asking for
C 
And we'll  (C major) take 'em if
G 
they're  (G major) not given
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 10
Em 
G 
We're never com (E minor) ing back  (G major) 
C 
D 
We wear the  (C major) lilac and black (D major) 
Em 
G 
We're out here  (E minor) on  the attack  (G major) 
C 
D 
We wear the  (C major) lilac and black (D major) 

Verse 11
Em 
G 
No, we might not  (E minor) make it back  (G major) 
C 
D 
But we wear  (C major) lilac and black (D major) 
Em 
G 
We leave no  (E minor) trace you can track  (G major) 
C 
We wear the  (C major) lilac and black
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 