Cease

G      [3 2 0 0 0 1]
F      [1 3 3 2 1 1]
C      [x 3 2 0 1 0]
C/B    [x 2 0 0 1 0]
E      [0 2 2 1 0 0]
Dm     [x x 0 2 3 1]



Am G   F C   x2

Am G E


Am       G         F    C     C C/B
Blacktop pavement cover me

       Am                     Dm  
Like a chemical reaction or a 
             F             G
steam roller   Spreading randomly

          Am      G            
There's a distant buzz and a low 
   F     C
frequency

    Am        G                F 
It tickles my ear, it rumbles 
       C
under my feet

        Dm                     
And it shakes the leaves off of 
  C     G       F  C  G
every tree    (violently)

        Am        G           F
What pretension! Everlasting peace

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F    G           Am
Everything must cease


Am G   F C   x2

Am G E


Am   G      F      C     C C/B
Institution on the Hill

       Am                      
Like a beacon in the mind of an 
 Dm              F               G
ancestor   To ignite a people's will

           Am       G            
There's a shadowed stain on the 
F     C
west facade

         Am          G         F 
It has spread like decay to 
         C
enshroud the fraud

         Dm              C     G 
And the descendants find oh so 
     F  C  G
odd   (oh so odd)

        Am        G           F
What pretension! Everlasting peace

F    G           Am
Everything must cease


Am G   F C   x2

Am G E


Am      G       F          C     
Grave memorial hewn white stone
C C/B


         Am                    
Like the comforting caress of a 
 Dm             F                 
mother   Or a friend you've always
   G
 known

    Am         G           F   C
It evokes such pain and significance

Am                 G      
What was once, is reduced to 
    F    C
remembrance

         Dm                     
And the generations pass without 
  C   G         F    C    G
recompense   (aaah aaah aaah)

        Am        G           F
What pretension! Everlasting peace

F    G           (Am)
Everything must (cease)