Nero

C F C C F G C C In the dawn of desperation when the peasants are beheading F G C Every emperor with a golden crown C First they'll stand with one another C Then they'll turn against each other F G C Under thunder on a battleground. Am With their torches, tar and feathers G Off to round up all the witches C F On a rail to run 'em out of town C In a kingdom that's collapsin' G I'm relaxin' on the ashes F G C Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down. F G C C You can dance around the fire C With the hand that holds the power F G C Or go cower with the gagged and bound C While the vultures count the profits C And the hawks are launching rockets F G C In a garden growing mushroom clouds. Am You can storm the ivory towers, G But the knight in shining armor's days C F Are numbered on the body count. C G So I'm laughing up to heaven on the arms of Armageddon, F G C Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, F G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, Dm G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down C Where the tricksters and the grifters C And the rich carnival barkers F G C Sell their psalters to a spellbound crowd C Buying tickets to the promise C Of a better world a-coming F G C Left with nothing when their hope runs out. Am There's a lifeboat overflowing G On a rising violent ocean C F In the darkness where the sailors drown C But I'm smiling on an island G By the tidal wave horizon F G C Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down F G C C If you're screaming in defiance, C Are you David or Goliath F G C When the riot rages all around C Call it vengeance, call it justice, C Call it progress, call it selfish F G C Either way I'm gonna have my doubts Am Maybe I'm just causing problems G Thinking I know how to solve 'em C F So for once I'm gonna shut my mouth C Waiting silent in the shadows G Like a devil at the crossroads F G C Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, F G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, Dm G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down F G C F G C F G C F G C C While the charlatans are shoutin' C Propaganda on the mountain F G C Truth is spoken to an empty house C If you ask for my opinion C Are you tryin' to make a difference F G C Or find something to complain about. Am When indulgence and consumption G Leave a landscape of destruction C F Where it's far too late to turn back now C I'll be moving on my own G On down the existential highway F G C Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, F G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down Am You can find me playing fiddle, F C Watching Rome burn down, Dm G C Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down F C G C F C G