then they came for me chords by The Drones
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Verse 1
(C major) Yeah, I can hear a Jericho Trumpet
But the sky's perfectly clear
Whether it's (A minor) real or recollection
It's like I'm stranded on a pier
Verse 2
Watching the waves (C major) of emigration
Being rewound off the beach
While a (A minor) long road to unconsciousness
Ebbs out at my heels (D major)
Verse 3
Now (D major) I'm walking the halls
of Charles de Gaulle
With a fresh- minted boarding pass (C major)
(A minor) I got a date with Ben Gurion
(D major) Standing in a subway
I'm feeling like I've overstayed
(C major) I'm (A minor) waiting with my sack for the Amtrak
And a ticket out of JFK
Verse 4
(And when they (C major) came (D major) for him) yeah,
(C major) I didn't do anything
(And when (A minor) (D major) they came for her) yeah,
(A minor) I didn't do (C major) nothing
(And when they came for him) yeah,
I did not say a (A minor) thing
(And when (D major) they came for
her (A minor) ) still not a word
Verse 5
You see that (C major) barren blue
under the engines
There ain't a fish left in
the Levantine Sea
There ain't a (A minor) dolphin torch in all the
West Bank's flanks
Now they're lit by electricity
The wise (C major) man knows
Verse 6
that all things flow
Through tubes to their (G major) destina (C major) tion
Through the (A minor) sew ers of Athens
and the odd BUK missile
And the Underground's tube stations
(D major) Yeah, I
Verse 7
never knew the lure of monsters
I've never been one for crusades
(C major) But (A minor) now I hear a Jericho Trumpet
Yeah, you (D major) can't be sure
you're doing much more
Than playing for some rumoured stakes
(C major) So when the (A minor) pilgrims become
bandits on their transits
Well, it's time to make
your getaway
Verse 8
(And when (C major) they came (D major) (C major) for him) yeah,
I didn't do anything
(And when (A minor) they came for (D major) (A minor) her) yeah,
I didn't do nothing
(C major) (And when they came for him) yeah,
I didn't say (A minor) a thing
(And when they came for (D major) her (A minor) ) still not a
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word
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major)
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor)
Verse 9
Now the (D major) red- top rags are all
flying black (G major) flags
The (D major) lowlifes are making gains
(A minor) You'd be (C major) thinking they
were staff (E minor) writers
(D major) Yeah, the gulls in Crete are
sharpening their beaks
(G major) Seam (B minor) stresses sew in hell (D major) (A minor)
A tailored (C major) cut, a (E minor) perfect (A minor) fit
A skull grinding its teeth on (D major) each
Verse 10
lapel
(C major) (And when they came (D major) for (E minor) (D major) him) yeah,
I didn't do (C major) anything
(And when they (G major) (D major) (A minor) (B minor) (D major) came for her) yeah,
(A minor) I didn't (C major) do nothing
(And when they came for (E minor) (D major) him) yeah,
(C major) I did not say a thing (G major)
(A minor) (And when (C major) (B minor) (D major) they came for her) yeah, still
(A minor) not a word
(C major) (D major)
Verse 11
(E minor)
(And when they came for him) yeah,
(D major) I didn't do (C major) anything
(And when they came (A minor) (B minor) (D major) for her) yeah,
(A minor) I didn't say nothing (C major)
(And when (D major) they (E minor) came for him) yeah,
(C major) I didn't say a thing (G major)
(A minor) (And when they came for
(B minor) (D major) her (A minor) ) still not a (C major) word
then they came for me
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