--Intro-- Fm Db Ab A#m Ab A#m Db Db Fm Db Your class, your caste, your country, sect, your name or your tribe Ab A#m There's people always dying trying to keep them alive Ab A#m There are bodies decomposing in containers tonight Db Db In an abandoned building where Fm Db The squatters made a mural of a Mexican girl Ab A#m With 15 cans of spray paint in a chemical swirl Ab A#m She's standing in the ashes at the end of the world Db Four winds blowing through her hair A#m D# A#m D# But when great Satan's gone, the Whore of Babylon Db Ab Db Ab She just can't sustain, the pressure where it's placed A#m (A#m) D# (D#) She caves She caves... --Interlude-- Fm Db Ab A#m Ab A#m Db Db Fm Db The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qu'ran is mute Ab A#m If you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth Ab A#m Still, they're pouring over sanskrit under ivy league moons Db (Db) While shadows lengthen in the sun Fm Db Cast on a school of meditation built to soften the times Ab A#m And hold us at the center while the spiral unwinds Ab A#m It's knocking over fences, crossing property lines Db (Db) Four winds, cry until it comes A#m D# A#m D# And it's the Sum of Man, Slouching towards Bethlehem Db Ab Db Ab A heart just can't contain, All of that empty space A#m (A#m) D# (D#) It breaks, it breaks... It breaks! --Interlude-- Fm Db Ab A#m Ab A#m Db Db Fm Db Well I went back by rented Cadillac and company jet Ab A#m Like a newly orphaned refugee retracing my steps Ab A#m All the way to Cassadega to commune with the dead Db (Db) They said, "You'd better look alive" Fm Db Now it's off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps Ab A#m In the Black Hills, the Badlands, the calloused East Ab A#m I've buried my ballast, I made my peace Db (Db) Heard four winds leveling the pines A#m D# A#m D# But when great Satan's gone, The whore of Babylon Db Ab Db Ab She just can't remain, With all that outer space Gm (Gm) Fm (Fm) A#m Ab Db Db/C She breaks, she breaks, she caves, she caves A#m (A#m) D# (D#) She breaks You'd better look alive --Outro-- Fm Db Ab A#m Ab A#m Db Db Fm Db Ab A#m Ab A#m Db Db (fade out) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO VERSION! Capo 3 --Intro-- Dm A# F Gm F Gm A# A# Dm A# Your class, your caste, your country, sect, your name or your tribe F Gm There's people always dying trying to keep them alive F Gm There are bodies decomposing in containers tonight A# A# In an abandoned building where Dm A# The squatters made a mural of a Mexican girl F Gm With 15 cans of spray paint in a chemical swirl F Gm She's standing in the ashes at the end of the world A# Four winds blowing through her hair Gm C Gm C But when great Satan's gone, the Whore of Babylon A# F A# F She just can't sustain, the pressure where it's placed Gm (Gm) C (C) She caves She caves... --Interlude-- Dm A# F Gm F Gm A# A# Dm A# The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qu'ran is mute F Gm If you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth F Gm Still, they're pouring over sanskrit under ivy league moons A# (A#) While shadows lengthen in the sun Dm A# Cast on a school of meditation built to soften the times F Gm And hold us at the center while the spiral unwinds F Gm It's knocking over fences, crossing property lines A# (A#) Four winds, cry until it comes Gm C Gm C And it's the Sum of Man, Slouching towards Bethlehem A# F A# F A heart just can't contain, All of that empty space Gm (Gm) C (C) It breaks, it breaks... It breaks! --Interlude-- Dm A# F Gm F Gm A# A# Dm A# Well I went back by rented Cadillac and company jet F Gm Like a newly orphaned refugee retracing my steps F Gm All the way to Cassadega to commune with the dead A# (A#) They said, "You'd better look alive" Dm A# Now it's off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps F Gm In the Black Hills, the Badlands, the calloused East F Gm I've buried my ballast, I made my peace A# (A#) Heard four winds leveling the pines Gm C Gm C But when great Satan's gone, The whore of Babylon A# F A# F She just can't remain, With all that outer space Em (Em) Dm (Dm) Gm F A# A#/A She breaks, she breaks, she caves, she caves Gm (Gm) C (C) She breaks You'd better look alive --Outro-- Dm A# F Gm F Gm A# A# Dm A# F Gm F Gm A# A#
