The Serenade Is Dead

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Am F C G

[Verse]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Verse]

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