The Serenade Is Dead

Am F C G
Am F C G

[Verse]

Am                               
She wakes up in the morning; the sun
F
 is shining in her face
     C                        
She turns her head around; she 
              G
shares the blanket on which the love
 embraced
     Am                            
She looks out of the window; it's a
   F
 lovely day outside
     C                           
She tells herself that things are 
           G
fine, he pulls the sheets to cover 
his eyes
    Am                             
The essence of the fresh air, that 
F
garden held the love affair
C                                 
Thinking back their minds are torn
     G
 in muddle and confusion
Am                              F
So far away another sits, who tries 
to make the best of it
    C                              
He don't know quite what's hit him,
      G
 it's another love illusion

[Chorus]

      E                        
He gazes in his empty room eyes 
     B5
fixed upon her picture
Dm                                
The loneliness, dejectedness, God 
      B5
how the fuck he's missed her
     E                           
His eyes turn turn to the window, 
       B5
the military roar by
    Dm                          
He wonders how much hatred could 
   B5
evolve out of the sky
      E                       
What God had done for peace on 
             B5
earth, what man destroyed from day 
of birth
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     Dm                          
They are concerned with feelings; 
           B5
they're just ashamed to cry
    E                              
And one mans plan to push the 
         B5
button makes other sacrifice
     Dm                         
The serenade is dead and now the 
  B5
only question's why?

[Verse]

     Am                        F
Why when we are young, we're told 
it's right to love
C                             
Told it's human nature and that 
  G
comes from God above
Am                                
As time moves on we realise that 
   F
we all look from the pit
         C                      G
While a plan hangs above us, to keep
 us in the shit
              Am               
Because the minute we are born, 
         F
we're told what's right and wrong
C                                 
Raised with certain morals, never 
  G
mentioned in their songs
   Am                              
As we grow up, we find out that the
  F
 paths been neatly set
      C                            
In a world of such destruction, we 
 G
only can regret

[Chorus]

    E                              
Regret that is the word of it, as 
   B5
we look for our way out of it
     Dm                       B5
Why can't they understand we don't 
want any part of it?
    E                              
The pain they create everyday, that
  B5
 just ain't gonna go away
      Dm                        
We've got to stick together, but 
  B5
still you're asking why?

[Bridge]

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Am F C G
     Am                         
The system stands strong, as our 
  F
movement starts to crumble
     C                         G
The pressure we once held, has just 
turned into a rumble
        Am                         
They've got us where they want us, 
         F
and you all just accept that
      C                          
Well don't you think its time; we 
   G
started to hit back
      Am                        F
They are the enemy; they want a rope
 around your neck
        C                          
And if they will go that far, then 
 G
what the fuck is next?

[Verse]

   Am                           F
Forget the revolution, we've heard 
it all before
C                          
Heard all of the promises of 
    G
nineteen-eighty-four
         Am                        
It's an impossible task, oh yes, it
   F
 stands before us all
      C                          
Well maybe you'll believe it when 
        G     Em          Am
your back's against the wall