Keep The Peace Prepare For War

 G                D              
I impersonate the iron age, while
C             G
 you the age of gold
    G                D      
We learn upon a tight rope in 
      C         Em
delirium and grace
    G                         
We are street children, we are 
    D
urchins
    C                       G
We love drinking from the well
   G                              
Tangled in each other, on the marble
D
 floor
   Em                          D  
Keeping the peace by preparing for
   G
 war

[Verse 2]
G                          D     
Well I smoked my recommendations 
          C                   G
in the name of our dormant dream
G                           D    
You sold the last of the Chinese 
            C                      
ink to a priest who then married a 
   G
queen
G           D                    
Wrap me up, women's clothing for 
             C       G
to keep the cold at bay
G                                  
The laughter kept us warm, drawing 
D
maps upon the floor
Em                       Em       
Keeping the peace by preparing for 
D
war

G
Waho

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[Chorus]
G                Em          G  
Let's hear some noise for a 
             Em
tuned in girl and boy
 G                    Em          
In the echos of the handball alley
           D                   
 when the air is but a pregnant 
    C
breath
 Em                              D
No I won't pay rent, I'm giving You 
up for lent
  Em                             D
No I won't pay rent, I'm giving You 
up for lent
   Em                              
But your whistling still remains in
             D
 my ear


[Verse 3]
 G                          D     
I kneel in the name of not 
             C                    
knowing, then we sprint to the empty
G
 museum
 G                         D      
You are covered in expectation 
          C            Em
while I get covered in mud
 G                        
Oh I ask the moon for some 
 D                 C         
counceling but she said oh she 
            Em
wasn't sure
G                           D
So I swam out to shallower waters
 Em                      D
Keeping the peace by preparing for 
war

[Verse 4]
G                       D
I light a candle for safe passage
C                       G
Then we head to the freshers ball
G                         D
Dressed in clothes, ancient Persian
C                                  
We had stolen from saint Vincent de
Em
 paul
 G                     D          
We agreed if we were to marry we'd
              C                 
 build that house with an orange 
   G
door
 G                   D            
Ink these words on our body; keep 
      C                Em     D
the peace by preparing for war

 G
Waho

[Chorus]
G                Em          G  
Let's hear some noise for a 
             Em
tuned in girl and boy
 G                    Em          
In the echos of the handball alley
           D
 when the air is but a pregnant 
breath
 Em                              D
No I won't pay rent, I'm giving You 
up for lent
  Em                             D
No I won't pay rent, I'm giving You 
up for lent
 Em                              D
But your whistling still remains in 
my ear