An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer

The Rest Of Tom Lehrer

That Was The Year That Was

Thomas Andrew &quot;Tom&quot; Lehrer (born 9 April 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater.  Before attending college, Lehrer graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including Fight Fiercely, Harvard (1945).

C                            G7
I always will remember twas a year ago November
       C                A7        D                  G
I went out to hunt some deer on a morning bright and clear
  C                 C7          F               Fm
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow
         C              G7             C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow

 

      C                           G7
I was in no mood to trifle I took down my trusty rifle
C                    A7          D                G
Went out to stalk my prey what a haul I made that day
  C               C7           F                   Fm
I tied them to my fender and I drove them home somehow
         C              G7             C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow


    Em                    B7
The law was very firm it, took away my permit
    Em              Em        B7
The worst punishment I ever endured
          Em                      B7
It turned out there was a reason, cows were out of season
    Em                Em*       B7     G
And one of the hunters wasn't insured


       C                        G7
People ask me how I do it and I say there's nothing to it
         C                   A7            D                   G
You just stand there looking cute and when something moves you shoot
            C           C7          F                 Fm       
And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now
         C              G7             C         Fm       C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred guernsey cow

The Hunting Song

Fm
When you attend a funeral,
      C7
It is sad to think that sooner or'l
      Fm                  Db7             C7   Db7  C7
Later those you love will do the same for you.
        Fm
And you may have thought it tragic,
       C7
Not to mention other adjec-
          Fm               G7                C7
Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)

        Fm    
No more ashes, no more sackcloth,
       Gb
And an arm band made of black cloth
     C7                         F
Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
                              F7
For if the bomb that drops on you
          Bb                    G7
Gets your friends and neighbors too,
            C7                    F
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.

C7  Gm/D C  F                    F+ Bb
And  we  will  all go together when we go.
                  Gm              C7
What a comforting fact that is to know.
   F         F7
Universal bereavement,
   F+  Bb        Gm
An inspiring achievement,
     B       C7                      F    Db7
Yes, we will all go together when we go.

        Gb                  Gb+ Cb
We will all go together when we go.
                     Abm          Db7
All suffused with an incandescent glow.
            Gb         Gb7
No one will have the endurance
   Gb+ Cb           Abm
To collect on his insurance,
        C  Db7                             Gb  D7
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.

           G                        F
Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
                                      E   Eb  E
We'll be French fried potatoes by and by.
           E
There will be no more misery
         F
When the world is our rotisserie,
             B7                       E
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.


    Gm C  F                     F+ Bb
And  we  will all bake together when we bake.
                   Gm             C7
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
         F           F7
With complete participation
   F+   Bb          Gm
In that grand incineration,
    B   C7                               F     Db7
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.

           Gb                    Gb+ Cb 
Oh we will all char together when we char.
                    Abm            Db7
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
          Gb       Gb7
Just sing out a Te Deum
     Gb+ Cb          Abm
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
    C   Db7                       Gb    D7
And the party will be come-as-you-are.

            G                         F
Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
                                           E   Eb  E
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
          E
When it's time for the fallout
          F
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
           B7                       E      E7
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.


    Gm C  fF                    F+ Bb
And we   will  all go together when we go.
                     G        C7
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo.
         F            F7
When the air becomes uranious,
        Bb          Gm   
We will all go simultaneous.
     B  C7
Yes, we all will go together
        D7
When we all go together,
       Gm             C7            F
Yes we all will go together when we go.

We Will All Go Together When We Go

G         E7              A7      D7      
Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
G       E7           A7      D7      
Life is skittles and life is beer.
G           D7        G           D7          G 
I think the loveliest time of the year is the 
spring.
     E7   A7         D7    
I do, Dont you? Course you do.
           Am                          G                 
But theres one thing that makes spring complete for me,
    A7                   D         D7    
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.

        G                    
All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
                                   D7      
When were poisoning pigeons in the park.
      Am                 
Every Sunday youll see
My sweetheart and me,
      D7                        G      
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

     C                       G                        
When they see us coming, the birdies all try anhide,
         A7                        D7                     
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
    G                     
The suns shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
          A7        D7             G      
When were poisoning pigeons in the park.

     D7                  
Weve gained notoriety,
    G                    
And caused much anxiety
       D7                
In the Audubon Society
         G       
With our games.
     E7                 
They call it impiety,
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
              A       
Of unpleasant names.
        A7                D       
But its not against any religion
   A7                   D7        
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

D7    G                   
So if Sunday youre free,
Why dont you come with me,
                                   D7      
And well poison the pigeons in the park.

    Am              
And maybe well do
In a squirrel or two,
           D7                       G      
While were poisoning pigeons in the park.

     C                    G                        
Well murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
   A7                       D7                    
Ex cept for the few we take home to experiment.
   G                       
My pulse will be quikenin
With each drop of strychnine
   A7        D7        
We feed to a pigeon.
   A7           D7         
It just takes a smidgen!
   A7       D7            G      D7    G 
To poison a pigeon in the park.

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

#If I left out any chords, please leave a comment, thanks :)


#Intro- D D A7 A7 D D A7 A7 

           D
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
       A7
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
      D
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
     A                   E7        A
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,
   A7                   Dm
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,
        C7                      F
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
     Am                        Dm
And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium,
      Bb7                     A7
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.
           D
There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,
      A7
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
      D              A7          D          A7
And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
       D                 G         A7           D
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.


#I hope you're all taking notes, because there's going to be a short quiz next period. 

           D 
There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,
        A7
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,
        D
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
     A                        E7         A
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.
     Am                        Dm
And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium,
   C7                      F
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
       Am                    Dm
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
      Bb7                      A7
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.

          D                
There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium,
     A7
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
     D               A7            D                A7
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium,
       D                 G               A7                D 
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.

       D                              A7
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
           D             G               D      A7      D
And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered.

#End- D A7 A7 D G A7 D

The Elements Song

Em                        Am
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear
     D7                              G
But much more for the touch of your  whips, dear
B7                             Em
You can raise welts like nobody else
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango

    Em                          Am
Let our love be a flame, not an ember
         D7                     G
Say it's me that you want to dismember
B7                             Em
Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango
           Am          D7         G
At your command before you here I stand
   Em             Am
My heart is in my hand - yecch
      Ebdim           Em  E7
It's here that I must be
           Am           D7                G
My heart entreats, just hear those savage beats
     Em             Am         D7              G   B7
And go put on your cleats and come and trample me
     Em                          Am
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany
       D7                        G
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony
   B7                                  Em
My soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire
         B7                     Em
Which is why I perspire when we tango
              C    C7
You caught my nose
                F
In your left castanet, love
               B7
I can feel the pain yet, love
                  Em
Ev'ry time I hear drums

               C     C7
And I envy the rose
                      F
That you held in your teeth, love
                     B7
With the thorns underneath, love
                   B7
Sticking into your gums

C7 B7 C7 B7 C7 B7 C7 B7
     Em                       Am
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches
    D7                        G
The last time I needed twenty stitches
   B7                                      Em
To sew up the gash that you made with your lash 
      B7                      Em
As we danced to the masochism tango
           Am        D7                  G
Bash in my brain and make me scream with pain
     Em           Am          Ebdim         Em    E7
Then kick me once again and say we'll never part
  Am         D7                      G
I know too well I'm underneath your spell
    Em              Am              D7               G     B7
So, Darling, if you smell something burning, it's my heart

Hic! Excuse me
     Em                        Am
Take your cigarette from its holder
    D7                       G
And burn your initials in my shoulder
B7                                      Em
Fracture my spine and swear that you're mine
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango

B7  Em

The Masochism Tango

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The Element Song

G7
First, you get down on your knees,
C6
Fiddle With your Roseries
G7
Bow your head with great respect and
C       C#dim    Dm          G9
Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect!

G7
Do whatever steps you want if
C6                               A7
you have cleared them with the pontiff
F         F#dim       C     A7
Everybody say his own Kyrie Eleison,
D7        G7      C
Doin' the Vatican Rag.

G7
Get in line in that processional,
C                            C#dim
Step into that small confessional,
G7
There the guy who's got religion'll
C                            G7
tell you if your sin's original.
F
If it is, try playin' it safer,
Fm
Drink the wine and chew the wafer.
F#dim
Two, Four, Six, Eight.
G7
Time to transubstantiate.

G7
So get down on your knees,
C6
Fiddle with your Roseries
G7
Bow your head with great respect and,
C     C#dim        Dm         G9
Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect.
G7
Make a cross on your ab-domen,
C9
when in Rome, do like a Roman.
F          C                A7
Ave Maria, Gee it's good to see ya!
D7          G7       D7         G7
Gettin' Ecstatic-an, sorta dramatic-an
D7       G7      C
Doin' the Vatican Rag!

Vatican Rag

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

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