Capo on 2

4/4 time

[Intro]
G D A(hold)

[Pre-verse)
A A A G/D( A for 3 measures, G and D for the 4th) Repeat once more

A   E
Sad days
G           D
Kissing the cheeks of the
A   E
Families
        G       D
Who are walking away
A  E
Tragic
    G            D           G         D       E
The pubs are all closin, the system is broken, decayed.

Because

A   E
Business
   G           D
Is down at the depot
  A   E
Defenses
        G           D
Are the only things built.
A    E
Neighbors
         G          D           G          D         E
Wave goodbye to eachother, this country is over they say.


[Chorus]
          A
Yeah this life
     D
In a modern town.
    G                             A
The windows smashed open with the doors kicked out.
     A                      D
It's not a good day left to be in a fight.
    G                         A
Cuz livin is hard through the struggles of life.
   G                       D        G
If nothing gets done it'll never be right.
                  A A A G/D
But don't shut em down
[/Chorus]


A   E
Lately
    G            D
The twenty-first century's been
A  E
Crazy
         G           D
It's the sign of the times.
A   E
Buildings
     G         D                G           D             E
Decomposing in slumber, there's no work for all till they wake.


[Chorus]


[Bridge]
F        C
Too many faults no reasons
F             C
The rain that falls dry bleedin
F        C            E         
Upon the ashes of our homes, our homes, save our homes
[/Bridge]


[Bass solo]


Manic
The word on the street here is
Panic
There's a riot on hand.
A  E
People
      G           D               G        D            E
Takin care of the people, there's no other way or we'll break.


[Chorus] Repeat once more

[Outro] Played the same as the pre-verse
A                                            G         D       A
Sad days, kissing the cheeks of the families(But don't shut em down)
A                                            G         D       A
Sad days, kissing the cheeks of the families(You won't shut em down)