C | C
G | F | C | C
G | F | C | C
F | Dm| G | -
C | C
Main strum pattern is about: DUDU_UD
C-chord shown below in verses refers to: basic C chord for first strums DUD ; add one finger to Csus for next U_UD
Chords used:
G 320033
F x33211
C x32010
Csus x3301x
[Intro]
C Csus C Csus
[Verse 1]
G F C
Mamma I think I might have just met my match
G F C
I'm lying here in the dirt - a bunch of artifacts
[Chorus]
F Dm G
Ghost stations coming alive as my pulse weakens
C
And I am not afraid to die
[Verse 2]
G F C
Born 1961 just like you,
G F C
One hundred fifty five thousand metres- neither straight not true
[Chorus]
F Dm G
Concrete to the left on me, flowers to my rights,
C
these was the best of times
[Verse 3]
G F C
It was my austere demeanor defined the age
G F C
Next to me the green world greener and the grey more grey
F Dm G
The old man came, said Destroy this symbolism
[Bridge]
Am F C G
Welcome to my funeral West Berlin
C
You would haved guessed my name by now
F C G
My chagrin
C
These was the best of times
[Verse 3]
G F C
Oh Hansa, my lover Where will your gaze fall now?
G F C
Combat Groups of the Working Classes Wherefore will you crowd?
[Chorus]
F Dm G
Western hedonists mourn my passing daily
C
These were the best of times
[Verse 4]
G F C
Inanimate I know I am and I will remain
G F C
Cinderblock souvenirs, sold with candy cane
[Outro]
F Dm G
Infiltrating the cabinets of the Western Union
C
With a promise of better times
