High Rise

E Bm C# D Flat block of two dimensions D E Neon totem pole to the sky F#m C# Keeping scores of people stacked up so high E Above the ground Bm All they can hear is the sound C# D E Of the wind in the antennae F#m C# It's a human zoo, a suicide machine E Bm C# D Childhood of concrete, cube-shaped D E A flypaper stuck with human life F#m C# Caged up rage, swarming all the time E Tear out the telephones Bm Rip up the pages of directories C# D And wreck all these D E High speed lifts and elevators F#m C# Be a sabotage rebel without a cause E High rise (living in a high rise) Bm C# D High rise (living in a high rise) D E High rise F#m C# All stacked up in a high rise block E Bm C# D Starfish of human blood shape D E Tentacles of human gore F#m C# Spread out on the pavement from the 99th floor E Well somebody said he jumped Bm But we know he was pushed C# D D E He was just like you might have been F#m C# On the 99th floor of a suicide machine