Key: E
Introduction: C/E
Em
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Sleep is too quiet
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Em
dreams are too painful
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Em
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Am
D
truth is the bed of this ocean of lies.
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Em
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Em
Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion
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Em
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Am
D
soaking from spirits but still far too dry.
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C#m5- Em
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Bm
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C#m5- Em
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Bm
Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defenses
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Em
C/E
Em
"Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier.
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Em
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Am
D
The soldier was watching them both fade away.
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Em
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"Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"
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C#m5- Em
D
Bm
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C#m5- Em
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Bm
Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Em
C
Bm
C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
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Am
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
B
B/A
B/G
B/F#
Em
we'd start again in the promised land.
Am
Em
Am
Em
When life is wearing thin we pray: the gods are close at hand when man is
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Am
Em
Am
Em
astray. But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods for just
B
taking his son?
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Em
C/E
Em
Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful
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Em
C/E
Am
D
truth is the bed of this ocean of lies.
C/E
Em
C/E
Am
D
"dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"
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C#m5- Em
D
Bm
C
C#m5- Em
D
Bm
Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Em
C
Bm
C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
C
Am
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
B
B/A
B/G
B/F#
Em
we'd start again then.
Em
C
Bm
C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
C
Am
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
B
B/A
B/G
B/F#
Em
we'd start again in the promised land.