Wastelands

F#m                              
   The boy is listening to those 
E
records from the past
   D                               
He wants to make them last for they
 C#
 make him feel alive
F#m                           E
   They are the voices of the faces 
on the wall
   D                    C#     
He listens to them all, hangs on 
                         Bm  D E
every little tale they tell
D
Knows them all and their life 
stories
E
Shares their pain and shares their 
glories


[Verse 2]
F#m                          E
   One day he even cut their names 
upon his skin
     D                         C#
They mean that much to him for them 
he'd take the test
F#m                         E
   His bedroom window opens to the 
evening air
    D                       C#    
The fox is in his lair, the volume
                       Bm D E
 of his system is full on
        D
But the neighbors moan and the 
parents call
     E                             
This angry noise is the muzak of 
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the wastelands


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[Chorus]
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Wastelands,              the 
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wastelands,             
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wastelands


[Verse 3]
F#m                         
   The boy is dressing in the 
  E
fashion of the day
    D                              
The kids all dress that way, you 
  C#
can tell them anywhere
F#m                               
   The boy looks out and sees his 
E
friends are waiting there
       D                           
In the cold electric glare of those
 C#                            
 lamps that make you think that 
          Bm D E
night is day
     D
They drag their lusts into your 
sight
     E
With shouts and screams they meet 
the night


[Bridge]
A                Amaj7            A7
          A6              Aaug
 They block your way  in twos and 
fours in uniforms from city stores
                A                 
They're closing in, who knows the 
D
score, it won't be long before
D/F#  E                          
    A martyr's blood is 
      A         Dsus4/A A D/A
nourishing the wastelands


[Chorus]
A         Dsus2/A A
Wastelands,       yes, it won't be 
long before
  D/A               G              
A martyr's blood is nourishing the 
A         Dsus4/A A D/A
wastelands
A         Dsus2/A A D/A G    
Wastelands,              the 
A         Dsus4/A A D/A
wastelands
A         Dsus2/A A D/A G A  
Wastelands,         oh,   
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wastelands
A         Dsus2/A A
Wastelands,       yes, it won't be 
long before
  D/A               G              
A martyr's blood is nourishing the 
A         Dsus4/A A D/A
wastelands
A         Dsus2/A A D/A G A  
Wastelands,       oooooh, 
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wastelands


[Other]
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Wastelands
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