Fertile Crescent

Intro:
 lead guitar (play twice)

E|-------------------------------
B|--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1---
G|----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|-------1-1-1-1--------------------
G|1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3------
D|---------------------1-----3--5---
A|-----------------------3---1--5---
E|------------------------------3---

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 2nd guitar:
  C  Gsharp  C     C  Gsharp  C     
C  Gsharp  C   Bflat  G  (p.s.)

Verse I:

 C                 Gsharp   C
Come and see the brilliant lights
Don't let your emotions mask your 
sight
It's a manifestation of a deeper 
fight
 Bflat              G
That effects me and you

 C                 Gsharp   C
My optimism was running high
A new world order was on my mind
But I couldn't believe it when I 
heard them say
 Bflat              G
They're throwing it away . . . 
(highG)

Chorus I:

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 Eflat           Bflat       c Bflat
 C
And the fertile crescent is burning 
today

 Eflat        Bflat      F   highG
And baby my emotions are too

 Eflat        Bflat        C   Bflat
  C
The cradle of humanity has led us 
all astray

 Gsharp                Bflat        
G
and we're all in this together don't
 you know

 Gharp               Bflat
cause our species has nowhere else 
to go.

Verse II:
Aggression rears its ugly head, 
retaliation brings further dread
the two are linked by unseen threads
 that wind back through time
I don't agree with this out-dated 
trend, nationalism's but an evil 
friend
Hatred's instilled by invisible 
lines drawn in our minds

Chorus II:
And the fertile Crescent is haunting
 us today
And baby our instincts are too
The ghost of humanity is warning us 
this way
And I think we all should heed it 
don't you know,
Cause we don't know where else to 
go.

Solo:

E|-------------------------------
B|--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------
G|----------------3-1-0-0-1-0----
D|----------------------------3--
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9----
G|--------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(| 
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

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E|----------------------11--11-10-
B|--------------------------------
G|---5---5-5---8---8-8------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

Chorus III:

And the Fertile Crescent is haunting
 us today
And baby our instincts are too
The ghost of humanity is warning us 
this way
And I think we all should heed it 
don't you know
Cause we've got nowhere else to go.


Chords:
 All chords are barre chords. 
"highG" = -----------------

E|--8--------------| 
B|--7----or----12--| 
G|--5----------12--| 
D|-------------10--| 
A|-----------------|