Intro: Am C x4
verse 1:
Am C Am C
So lemn regret
Am
transgressions
C Am C
fill my head
Am C Am C
A measure of success
Am C Am
is how well to forget
C G Am(hold)
And the past is dead
Guitar Solo: Beat became faster
Am C Dm F E x2
verse 2:
Am
Strewn about the battlefield
C
of life are the remainders
Dm F E Am
of history When convenient
C
we exalt them and pay them
Dm
such respect As if we're all
F E
in an equivalent trajectory
Am F E Am
And trash piles high in
G
the rubble we forgot
Am F E
The angels of our nature
Am G
just sit and watch it rot
F C G
Now the past is dead
F
Let's focus on
C G
tomorrow instead
F C
Oh the tragic present
G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am
said The past is dead
Am F C Am Am(hold)
verse 3:
Am
Who can say what constitutes
C
the most important sector
Dm F E Am
of society? and the dominant
C
portion seek an instant
gratification And are
Dm F E
proud of intellectual poverty
Am F E Am
I'd like to be empathetic
G Am F E
but I can't The jeopardy
Am G
is too great to make a stand
F C G
Now the past is dead
F
Good deeds won't help
C G
you get ahead yeah
F C
The modern signpost
G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am
read the past is dead
Bridge:
Am F
My next great decision
C Am Am F C
is just lying in wait
Am Am
The action might turn
F C Am Am
out to be the world's
F C Am G
most grievous mistake
Guitar Solo: F C G x4
Chorus 3:
F C G
Yeah The past is dead
F
More veritable words
C G
have never been said
F C
Oh the tragic present
G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am
said the past is dead
Am F C Am Am G Am(hold)