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Dead to the World

Intro A F#m  (the riff is ... a c# f#)

A F#m D A
I can't give you the kiss of life
A F#m D A
That's for heroes and my lips are dry
A F#m D A
You can't breath, without lungs
A F#m E
You can't resuscitate a heart that doesn't beat.

CHORUS I
A D
When your shoes are made of concrete
A D
Your money's building bombs
F#m E
And everyone drops when the flags unfurl
F#m D E
Dead to the world, dead to the world

I can't tell you how little time
There is left now for yours and mine
You can't see without a face
But you can demolish everything that's in your path

CHORUS 2
And you watch them going under
Children dying under
And bands play on as the batons twirl
Dead to the world, dead to the world

Instrumental

I can't think now, I'm running scared
I just blink now under this veil
You can't breathe, without lungs
You can't negotiate the peace with a gun in your hand

CHORUS 3
And you watch them going under
Blood and fire and thunder
In the back of a fall out shelter where you lay curled
Dead to the world, dead to the world
Dead to the world, dead to the world

CHORUS 4
Watch them going under
Blood and fire and thunder
Watch them going under
Blood and fire and thunder
Dead to the world, dead to the world

(ends back on A)


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