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Played with Powerchords and lots of dead tones
Intro: B E D# G# F# E
Chorus:
B E D# B
He was the poster child of miserable.
E D# B
He was in love with a coloured boy.
G# F#
No chance for hope in a land of servitude.
Verse:
B E D# B
And now the ghosts of Alexandria
E D# B
Hang in the halls like the boys on the oak,
E D# G#
To remind us that we’re only 13 knots away
F#
From repeating our mistakes.
Prechorus:
E B G# E
No one can see on the inside,
B G# E
No one can hear on the outside,
B G# F#
No one will speak the name to blame.
The dead sing:
B E D#
"It's not over."
G# B
"It's not over."
B E D#
"It's not over."
G# B
"It's not over."
Chorus:
B E D# B
She was the poster child of miserable.
E D# B
She was in love with the U.S.A.
E D# G# E
She was from some place but she could not tell us where.
Verse:
B E D# B
And now the ghosts of Alexandria
E D# B
Labor the fields like amber waves of grain,
E D# G#
To remind us that we are only a minimum wage away
F#
A bowl of rice a day
E
From repeating our mistakes.
B E D#
"It's not over."
G# B
"It's not over."
B E D#
"It's not over."
G# B
"It's not over."
Chorus:
E B G# E
No one can see on the inside,
B G# E
No one can hear on the outside,
B G# F#
No one will speak the name to blame.
The dead sing
Outro:
B G# F#
And we watched the summer turn to the autumn of glory.
B G# F#
And we watched the summer turn to the autumn of glory.
B G# F#
And we watched the summer turn to the autumn of glory.
B G# F#
And we watched the summer turn to the autumn of glory.
B