Intro
D
[Verse]
G D
I watch the TV every night
G D
I stay awake by satellite
G
I hope and pray the nightmares
D A
Stay away today
G D
An oily shroud on a coral reef
G D
D black cloud's hanging over me
G
When I hit on the remote
D A
The programs stay the same
D G A
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G D
An assegai slick with sweat and blood
G D
D shotgun barks at a rabid dog
G
D shallow grave hugs a highway
D A
Beneath a bleaching sun
G D
When cancer sucks a young girl's breast
G D
When a company chains a young man's soul
D
When the coal dust stole
D A
My granddad's breath away, one day
D G D
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G D
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G Bm
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
G D
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me
G D
D tattered tramp tacks a windy wind
G D
To close a crowded circle a brazier's light
G
D man becomes a mountain
D A
In the falling snow
G D
D mother screams and a baby cries
G D
The memory gone before the blood has dried
G
D needle pricks the conscience
D A
To help it fade away
D G D
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G D
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G Bm
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
G
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to
D G D G D G D G D
me
G Bm
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
G D
It don't mean nothin', tell me, it don't mean nothin' to me
G D
The more you scream, the less you hear
G D
Or that's how it used to be
G
But I just can't tell the difference
D A
Anymore these days
G D
The open lips of an altar boy
G D
D planet spins in a silent void
G
The options are ever fewer
D A
On the ground these days
D
Credo, credo, credo, credo
G
Credo, credo, credo, credo
D
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
G
It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't
Bm
It don't mean nothin' to me, to me
G D
It don't mean nothin' to me
G D
Credo, credo, credo
I watch the TV every night
I stay awake by satellite
G
I hope and pray the nightmares
D
Stay away today
An oily shroud on a coral reef
D black cloud's hanging over me
G
When I hit on the remote
D
The programs stay the same
D mother screams and a baby cries
The memory gone before the blood has dried
G
D needle pricks the conscience
D
To help it fade away
G
Don't you fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
D
Don't you fade away, don't you fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away