riff 1
e-----3-------3-------3-------3-2-----2-------2-------2-------2-3-|
B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|
G-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
riff 2
e-----3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
B---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
G-4-------4-------4-------4-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2----2-|
B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--3-|
G-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--------2-|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
riff 3 (basic idea)
e-0--0----0--0--0--------2--2---|
B-1--1----3--0----0---0--3--3p2-|
G-0--0----2--0------0----4--4---|
D-2--0h2--0--2-----------4--4---|
A-3--3-------2-----------2--2---|
E------------0------------------|
verse 1 () chords here are merely suggested chords
riff 1
(G)
driving by your house
(D)
but you don't live here now
riff 1
(G)
it's not even on my way
(D)
but i wanted think on how
riff 2
(Em)
it felt to walk this road
(Eb)
only years before
(D)
we were hardened to it all
(as above)
driving by the park
we loved when we were young
before you turned so strange
oh where have you gone
i watch you down this road
only years before
riff 3
C
we were hardened to it all
Dsus2 Em
hardened to it all
riff 3 (C part only)
Bm C
hardened to it all
Eb D
we are
verse 2 same as verse 1
jamie moved away
grew up and got a job
i've seen him now and then
he says he's happy but he's not
he's still the boy he was
all the years before
Chorus 2
riff 3
C
we were hardened to it all
Dsus2 Emin
hardened to it all
Bm
oh you can never hope to change
riff 3
C Dsus2
because the fight is so unclean
Em Bm
all you defeatists raise your hands
riff 3
C Dsus2
grease the old machine
Em Bm
until you're hardened to it all
riff 3 (C part only)
C
Eb D
we are
Bm Fmaj9
not dead
Middle 8
riff 1 x2
verse 3 same as verse 1
driving by your house
but you don't live here now
it's not even on my way
but i wanted to think on how
it felt to walk this road
only years before
Chorus 3 same as Chorus 2 but with a repeat before the end
we were hardened to it all
hardened to it all
oh you can never hope to change
because the fight is so unclean
all you defeatists raise your hands
and grease the old machine
until you're hardened to it all
and you're the greyest little men
remember all they used to be
if this is all they ever had
well this is good enough for me
come on defeatists raise your hands
and grease the old machine
until you're hardened to it all
until you're hardened to it all
we are
not dead