Intro
Em G
Bm G
Em G
Bm G#m
Verse
G G Bm G
When I was growing up not long ago though it seems like it’s so far away
Bm G Bm G
We played under the sun we didn’t plug ourselves in were made to pray at the end of the day
G Bm G Bm A
Now everything changing these people aren’t real and our children are dying
G#m Em Bm G
Cuz they’re hard and don’t feel and its lie and its cheat and its steal and its kill
A G#m
And its mothers go bury your sons
Em G
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
Bm G
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
Em G Bm Em G
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
Verse
Bm Em G Bm Em
Remember when cowboys were cowboys and only children played pretend
G Bm G Bm G
Remember when a man was a man not a product or a title or a brand
Em F# G A
Now everything’s changing these people aren’t real and we have no heroes
G#m
They’re pink in the middle
Bm A Bm
They don’t say what they mean they don’t do what they say they won’t stand here and die for it
C Em
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
D Em
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
C Em D Bm
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
C Em
And the shadows from the buildings just kill the trees
D Em
And the only thing we’re good at is spreading disease
C Em D Bm
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal
Solo
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Verse
Em G
Remember when we hadn’t a worry and things just moved slower now
Bm
We weren’t in such a hurry
Em F# G Bm C Bm
And we weren’t dying so we didn’t have to bury our brothers and sisters in the dirt
Em F# G Bm
Now everything changing these people aren’t real
A Bm
And our children are dying cuz they’re hard and can’t feel
Em F# G Bm
And its lie and its cheat and its steal and its kill
A Bm
And its I die if I don’t shoot first...
Em F# G
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
A F#
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
Em F# G A Bm
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
Em F# G
And the shadows from the buildings just kill the trees
A F#
And the only thing we’re good at is spreading disease
Em F# G A Bm
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal
Outro
Em G
And you can’t kill something that doesn’t care if it lives
A G#m
And I’m sinking with my city like a captain and ship
G Bm G A G#m Em
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal