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GD The yellow sun
EmEm Well, it took the hand
DDsus2 Of a country boy
CC To a city in a far-off land
 
GD We made no mark
EmEm No shadow at all
DDsus2 On the ancient, holy streets
CC Where I learned to crawl
AGCF The broke and the bruised
C The young and the used
G The sure and confused
Em All here
A Words will land on me
A/D Then abandon me 
F#mE Mangle, untangle me
D Leave me on the floor
A Rhymes, they sprang in me
A/D Summer sang in me 
F#mEBm7 But summer sings in me no more
GD Now I'm twenty-five
EmEm And trying to stay alive
DDsus2 In a corner of the world
CC With no clear enemies to fight
 
GD It's hot as hell
EmEm We're like butter on toast
DDsus2 But there's no army in this world
CC That can fight a ghost
AGCF The broke and the bruised
C The young and the used
G The sure and confused
Em All here
A Words will land on me
A/D Then abandon me 
F#mE Mangle, untangle me
D Leave me on the floor
A Rhymes, they sprang in me
A/D Summer sang in me 
F#mEBm7 But summer sings in me no more
D7sus2 Listening to the cries
Em7 Exchangings
Fmaj7 The silence in the foreign ground
D7sus2 Listening to the thunder
Em The sky is strange
G Stretched over everyone
D7sus2 Listening to the tanks
Em The shots come
Fmaj7 The noise from dusk till dawn
D7sus2 Listening to the calls
Em7A Shouts, frustration
GD At twenty-one
EmEm I was born a son
DDsus2 And on that day I knew
CC I could kill
 
GD To protect the ones
EmEm We put bullets in guns
DDsus2 Or anything it takes
CC To take a life until it's still
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