Key: Eb major
Verse 1
D
The dead don't matter,
the living don't care
G
The future's on fire,
Asus4
the past is a nightmare
D
So I give you my voice
in this love you sung
G
I give you my heart,
Asus4
never do you know wrong
G
Asus4
D
We all lie so well,
G
never give it a thought
A
D
Night an d day we're sold and bought
G
A
Bm
A
D
Lie with a kiss, kill vicariously
G
Asus4
And through this,
A
D
Bm
D
A
we sing of peace and love,
D
heaven above.
G
Talk is cheap,
Em
Asus4
D
it seems to me like the dead don't matter,
the living don't care.
G
The future's on fire,
Asus4
the past is a nightmare.
D
So I give you my voice.
In this love you sung,
G
I give you my heart,
A
Asus4
Bm
A
Never do you know wrong.
D
F#m
Outside we scream and yell
G
Asus4
in a childish rhyme,
F#m
G
We can hardly spell life time.
But I know what love is for
Gm
So I bring mine to your door
D
When the world blows cold
Em
Asus4
A
D
G
I will hold you close
Asus4
D
G
Asus4
G
A
The struggle never ends,
D
G
this is written in stone
A
The walking wounded,
D
G
will they find a way home?
A
Scars on the scars on their backs,
Bm
tears over tears
A
over tears they don't lack.
G
Asus4
To answer that,
D
Bm
D
we sing of peace an d love,
A
D
G
heaven above, family, community,
talk is cheap
Asus4
It seems to me like the
D
dead don't matter,
the living don't care
G
The future's on fire,
Asus4
the past is a nightmare
D
So I give you my voice,
and this love you saw
G
I give you my heart,
Asus4
never do you know
D
Never let me go, never let me go
G
When the world blows cold,
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
I will hold you close.
D
Never let me go.
Never let me go.
G
A
Asus4
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
D
Outro 1
Ooooooooooooooooh
D
D
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