Intro: Cm  Bb  Ab  G  (x2)
      (Cm  Bb   G)

 Cm       Bb       Ab    Eb
 Blacktop pavement cover me
          Cm                      F             Ab            Bb
 Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly
            Cm       Bb          Ab    Eb
 There's a distant buzz at low frequency
      Cm         Bb             Ab         Eb
 It tickles my ears, rumbles under my feet
          Fm                     Ab      Bb
 And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
 Ab    Eb    Bb
 Vio-lent-ly
           Cm      Cm/Bb           Fm7
 What protention everlasting peace
 Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm
 Everything must cease

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Cm    Bb     Ab      Eb
 Institution on the hill
          Cm                      F             Ab             Bb
 Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to ignite a people's will
            Cm     Bb          Ab    Eb
 There's a shadow stain on the west facade
      Cm         Bb             Ab         Eb
 It is spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
          Fm                 Ab      Bb
 And the descendants find it oh so odd
Ab    Eb    Bb
 Oh so odd
           Cm     Cm/Bb       Fm7
 What pretension everlasting peace
Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm
 Everything must cease

(Cm  Bb  Ab  G)(x2)
(Cm  Cm/Bb   G)

Cm         Bb    Ab         Eb
 Grave memorial hewn white stone
          Cm                      F             Ab               Bb
 Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
     Cm       Bb          Ab    Eb
 It evokes such pain and significance
    Cm            Bb          Ab     Eb
 What was once is reduced to rememberance
          Fm                     Ab      Bb
 And the generations pass without recompense

Ab    Eb    Bb
 Aa-aaaa-hhh...
           Cm      Cm/Bb       Fm7
 What pretension everlasting peace
Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm
 Everything must cease

Intro

Ab Adim  Bb Bdim
 Everything must       cease

(Cm  Bb  Ab  G)(x3)
(Cm  Bb  Ab  Bb Cm)