Key: C minor
Intro 1
Am
E
Am
And when the dawn
Verse 1
breaks
E
Am
through the drums start
E
Am
E
Am
Beating the morning to the farm
your lips part
Dm
Bdim
A#
Am
Sounding the silent alarm
And when the bells explode
E
Am
they scatter
Bdim
G#dim
E
Am
The grand bureaucracy
Dm
E#
Bdim
Whistling the old melodies
A#
D#m
A#
D#m
Verse 2
F#
B
A#
Oh- ee- oh goes the cop on the beat
D#m
A#
Oh- ee- oh goes the kid in the schoolyard
F#
B
Oh- ee- oh goes the kid
E
Am
Hey man what's happenin' with you?
B
Em
I watched that episode too
C#
F#m
Maybe I'll get some Chinese
Bsus4
B
E
I'll have the dumplings
E
Verse 3
E
G#dim
E
G#dim
E
Am
through they wonder
E
Am
If all they lost was self- respect
They pass the homes of greed
G#dim
E
and plunder
Dm
E#
Dm
Still, ling'ring on,
A#
D#m
Verse 4
A#
Daug
for the even ing
F#
B
A#
Oh- ee- oh through the civil earthquake
D#m
Daug
Oh- ee- oh safe in bed and
F#
B
A#
Heaven knows if they'll ever awake
Interlude 1
D#m
Daug
F#
B
F#
D#m
Daug
F#
B
D#m
Daug
F#
B
D#m
Daug
F#
D#m
Daug
B
A#
D#m
A#
F#
B
A#
D#m
A#
Daug
F#
D#m
B
D#m
Daug
F#
Verse 5
E
Am
Yeah I'll have my coffee black
B
Em
E
Em
Hey look we're bombing Iraq
C#
F#m
I guess that's the only way
Bsus4
B
E
Oh did I tell you we
A
E
Am
got Fifi spayed?
And when they get to work
E
Am
they hear drums
E
Am
The boom fills all the empty space
G#dim
dumb
A#
D#m
Verse 6
F#
B
Daug
Oh- ee- oh through the bustle and hiss
D#m
Daug
Oh- ee- oh fuck the lawns
that need mowin'
F#
B
Oh- ee- oh there is somethin'
Am
Ebm
Am
oh- ee- oh
D#m
Am
D#m
Oh- ee- oh- ee- oh- ee- oh
Outro 1
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