Bb      Dm         Bb      Dm      Bb     C
Dm     Bb       C          Dm
Heaven help us, we've lost control
                          Bb
This should be our finest hour
          C                  Dm
But we're racing towards the end of days
        Dm                  Bb              
Pulling back from the brink despite our best efforts
    C                        Dm
The volume increases and the beat goes on
                              Bb
All the players marching to a different drum
    C                            Dm
The rhythm of the war dance, the beat goes on

Dm    Bb   C  Dm pattern
F-Am,   F-Am,  G   C  D-Am       

          Bb                                      Dm
What will become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
             Bb                        Dm
If we should face the certainty of our destruction
           Bb                           Dm
Forbidding everything, pointless cries, futile dreams
               Bb        
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
     C                        C
When tomorrow never comes

Dm    Bb    C  Dm      pattern
F-Am, F-Am, G C D-Am

Dm                        Bb
This isn't a game and the safety's off
C                              Dm
Still wait one more and so the beat gets faster
                          Bb
Everyone must play 'cause fame will find you
         C                      Dm
Put your face on the cover of a loaded magazine
      Dm                      Bb
We're proud of ourselves, our greatest inventions
C                       Dm
Methods of killing have reached perfection
                              Bb
All the players marching to a different drum
    C                               Dm
The rhythm of the war dance and the beat goes on

Dm    Bb    C  Dm      pattern
F-Am, F-Am, G C D-Am

          Bb                                      Dm
What will become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
             Bb                        Dm
If we should face the certainty of our destruction
           Bb                           Dm
Forbidding everything, pointless cries, futile dreams
               Bb        
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
     C                        Dm
When tomorrow never comes

       Bb                            Dm
As the warning siren sounds that the world is at an end
         Bb                       Dm
Rendered unto night creations are asunder
           Bb                                Dm
What would become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
               Bb               
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
     C                         Dm      
When tomorrow never comes