Cease

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

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

 Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm
 Everything must cease

Intro

Cm    Bb     Ab      Eb
 Institution on the hill
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          Cm                    
 Like a beacon in the mind of an 
  F             Ab             Bb
ancestor to ignite a people's will
            Cm     Bb          Ab
 There's a shadow stain on the 
    Eb
west facade
      Cm         Bb             
 It is spread like decay to 
Ab         Eb
enshroud the fraud
          Fm                 Ab   
 And the descendants find it oh so
   Bb
 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                    
 Like the comforting caress of a 
  F             Ab               
mother or a friend you've always 
Bb
known
     Cm       Bb       
 It evokes such pain and 
   Ab    Eb
significance
    Cm            Bb       
 What was once is reduced to 
   Ab     Eb
rememberance
          Fm                     
 And the generations pass without
Ab      Bb
 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)
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