Key: E major
Intro 1
D
G
Em
D
C
G
C
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Em
D
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D
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Em
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C
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D
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Verse 1
G
Well, it's not so easy now
Em
Though it never was back then
D
We still can't seem to work this out
C
G
But you can still pretend
C
And these tattered walls and
burning bridges
G
Em
Quickly start to fall
D
C
G
How long until there's nothing left at all?
Verse 2
G
I've been to California, man
Em
I've seen them city lights
D
Been stranded in the desert
C
G
Scorching days and freezing nights
C
And I'll never understand
G
Em
Why people try to walk so tall
D
How long until there's
C
G
nothing left at all?
Verse 3
C
G
Don't you love what you got used to?
C
D
G
When we used to feel so free
C
G
Won't you wait a while in silence,
D
Em
D
love
C
D
Watch it fall with me
Interlude 1
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G
Em
D
C
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C
G
Em
D
C
G
Verse 4
G
Well, the old men said
the great Big Apple's
Em
Rotten to the core
D
With Wall Street skimming from the till
C
G
While no one minds the store
C
And how could someone get so low
G
D
Em
In a building so damn tall?
D
How long until there's
C
G
nothing left at all?
Verse 5
G
While chunks the size of Delaware
Em
Are falling off the poles
D
Our heads are buried in the sand
C
G
Our leaders dug the hole
C
Like junkies hooked on fossil fuel
G
Em
Headin' for withdrawal
D
How long until there's
C
G
nothing left at all?
Verse 6
C
G
Don't you love what you got used to?
C
D
G
When we used to feel so free
C
G
Come and wait a while in silence,
D
Em
D
love
C
And watch it fall with me
Interlude 2
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D
Em
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D
Em
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Em
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C
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Em
D
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Verse 7
G
Now the answers in our heads
Em
To the questions that were asked
D
It boils up from underground
C
Em
G
And leads us to the past
C
To a place that's long forgotten
G
Em
When we had enough for all
D
C
G
How long until there's nothing left at all?
D
Interlude 3
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D
C
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C
D
Em
D
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Verse 8
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Don't you love what you got used to?
C
D
G
When we try to make our stand
C
The hourglass is growing
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D
Em
D
empty now
C
Just to leave a pile of sand
Outro 1
(watch it fall)
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C
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