Capo on 1st fret 
 
 
A 
 
D              A 
I watch the TV every night 
D               A 
I stay awake by satellite 
  D                                 A      E 
I hope and pray the nightmares stay away today 
  

D                     A 
  An oily shroud on a coral reef 
  D                     A 
A black cloud's hanging over me 
       D                                A          E 
When I hit on the remote the programmes stay the same 
 

   A             D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo 
   D                  A 
An assegai slick with sweat and blood 
  D                  A 
A shotgun barks at a rabid dog  
  D                                      A           E 
A shallow grave hugs a highway beneath a bleaching sun 
  

D                     A 
  When cancer sucks a young girl's breast 
  D                A 
A company chains a young man's soul 
         D                                    A       E 
When the coal dust stole my grandad's breath away one day 
 

   A             D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo 
                 D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo 
              D                      F#m 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' 
              D                                 A 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me 
 

D                        A 
A tattered tramp tacks a windy wynd 
           D                      A 
To close a crowded circle round a brazier's light 
  D                             A         E 
A man becomes a mountain in the falling snow 
  D                    A 
A mother screams and a baby cries 
    D                      A 
The memory gone before the blood has dried 
  D                                       A       E 
A needle pricks the conscience to help it fade away  
 

   A             D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo  
                 D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo  
              D                      F#m 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' 
              D                                 A  D  A  D  A  D  A  D  A 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me 
 

              D                      F#m 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' 
              D                                             A 
It don't mean nothin', I tell you, it don't mean nothin' to me 
 

D                        A 
The more you scream , the less you hear 
D                A 
Or that's how it used to be 
      D                                  A            E 
But I just can't tell the difference any more these days 
D                   A 
The open lips of an altar boy 
  D                 A 
A planet spins in a silent void  
    D                             A              E 
The options are ever fewer on the ground these days  
 

   A 
Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) 
   D                                       A 
Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) 
 
Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) 
   D                                       A 
Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) 
 

              D                      F#m 
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' 
              D                                                     A 
It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't, it don't mean nothin' to me, to me 
D                            A 
Oh, it don't mean nothin' to me 
                 D      A 
Credo, credo, credo, credo 
 
  

I watch the TV every night, I stay awake by satellite 
  D                                       A 
I hope and pray that the nightmares stay away today 
  
An oily shroud on a coral reef, there's a black cloud hanging over me 
       D                                   A 
When I hit on the remote the programme, it stays the same 
 
A mother screams and a baby cries, the memory gone before the blood has dried 
  D                                       A 
A needle pricks the conscience to help it fade away 
 
Why don't you fade away? Fade away, fade away 
 
Oh, why don't you fade away? 
              D 
Why can't you fade away? Why can't you fade away? 
              A 
Why can't you fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away? Fade away