[Primeira Parte]

Bm/E
Straighten out your pleat
  Bm                       Bm/A
Demands have been besieged
     Bm/C
Safe passage for the meek
  Bm          Bm/A
Refusal to accede

  Bm/E
Deny the preconceived
Bm           Bm/A
For the preordained
Bm/C
We no longer grieve
    Bm               
For nothing is concrete

[Refrão]

Bm/E               Bm
  Laid on the sleet
Bm/A            Bm/C
  Laid with the reeds
Bm           Bm/A
  Lay the concrete

[Segunda Parte]

   Bm/E
Continue the deceit
Bm                       Bm/A
Pull them by their teeth
    Bm/C
The excess is contained
  Bm                  Bm/A
Extracted from the maimed

 Bm/E
Deny the preconceived
Bm           Bm/A
For the preordained
Bm/C
We no longer grieve
    Bm              
For nothing is concrete

[Refrão]

Bm/E               Bm
  Laid on the sleet
Bm/A            Bm/C
  Laid with the reeds
Bm           Bm/A
  Lay the concrete

Bm/E               Bm
  Laid on the sleet
Bm/A            Bm/C
  Laid with the reeds
Bm           Bm/A
  Lay the concrete