The Cities That Youve Burned

Dm || Played C || twice The same pattern basically applies in the first verse to these following chords: Dm* C'* F* C* Gm* Dm* C'* So amused, the six street peddlers come to sing your blues Dm* C'* And money spent, to damn the rivers of your discontent F* C* You got your invitation to the bachelor's ball Gm* C* F* And you stay out till the sun comes creeping up your bedroom wall Dm/A / / / | Dm/A / / / | Dm/A / / / | Dm/A / / / | Dm/A F Ivory tower, you sit and while away the idle hours Dm/A C Skin and bones, the city streets below just weep and moan F C But from your window above, you only hear the rain Bb C F You touch the world through a glove, it's so much easier than feeling pain Bb F C Bb And they're inventing hunger in the grey of dawn Bb F C Bb As I sit among your parliament of pawns Bb F C Dm Just growing younger with every yawn C F C Bb And in the ashes of the cities that you've burned C F We'll sit and wait for your return Dm/A F So composed, wake on the floor in your designer clothes Dm/A C And so refined, you think the country's just a state of mind F C Switch like a switchblade my love, cut the young men down Bb C F You've been to heaven above, but your feet have never touched the ground Bb F C Bb And we brought you roses in eternal bloom Bb F C Bb While you stand before us in your royal gloom Bb F C Dm Holding a torch to your silver spoon C F C Bb And in the ashes of the cities that you've burned C F We'll sit and wait for your return |: F / / /|F / / /|Bb/ / /|C / / /:| (6x times) ~end on F