Intro
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Bm D A
[Verse 1]
Bm
"But still it moves" I heard you cry
D A
Matters of fact attract, with time to bide
Bm
Thread sisters stay on my side
D A
Heavy headed when we collide
[Link]
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[Verse 2]
Bm
Ten sounds at once reverberate
D A
Coin-operations self-sustain in a cloud
Bm
Compulsion caught will penetrate
D A
"Come on son, do your country proud!"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm F#m
Lead us down to the ocean
D G Bm A
And wash our hands of campaigns for the self-assured now
Bm F#m
Fading white in surrender
D G A
And weary from the beating sun that blinds you
[Chorus 1]
Bm
Take a hit for catharsis
D
Take a hit for them all
A Bm
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
D
I wanna kill for a cause
Bm
Before they fall
[Link]
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[Verse 3]
Bm
The fall won't kill but it's gonna hurt
D A
And for a moment clear the haze from your eyes
Bm
To redefine the lines of flesh and dirt
D A
B sudden tenderness, viscera surprise
Bm
Dressed in red to mourn the dead
D A
6 o'clock, do you watch just to wince at this?
Bm
Eyes are wide; we have been misled
D A
And now you face the modern synthesis
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm F#m
Straighten out your fiction
D G A
As means to ends and ends to meaning guide you
[Chorus 2]
Bm
Take a hit for catharsis
D
Take a hit for them all
A Bm
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
D
I wanna kill for a cause
A F#m
After the flags I'm nobody at all
[Link]
Bm D A
Bm D A
[Chorus 3]
Bm
Take a hit for catharsis
D
Take a hit for them all
A Bm
After the flags they're selling off the wall
N.C.
(After the flags they're selling off the wall)
If I can't reach you with reason
D
You set us up for a fall
A F#m
After the flags you're nobody at all
[Outro]
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