Capo on 1st fret A5 D5 A5 I watch the TV every night D5 A5 I stay awake by satellite D5 A5 E5 I hope and pray the nightmares stay away today D5 A5 An oily shroud on a coral reef D5 A5 A black cloud's hanging over me D5 A5 E5 When I hit on the remote the programmes stay the same A5 D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo D5 A5 An assegai slick with sweat and blood D5 A5 A shotgun barks at a rabid dog D5 A5 E5 A shallow grave hugs a highway beneath a bleaching sun D5 A5 When cancer sucks a young girl's breast D5 A5 A company chains a young man's soul D5 A5 E5 When the coal dust stole my grandad's breath away one day A5 D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo D5 F#5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' D5 A5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me D5 A5 A tattered tramp tacks a windy wynd D5 A5 To close a crowded circle round a brazier's light D5 A5 E5 A man becomes a mountain in the falling snow D5 A5 A mother screams and a baby cries D5 A5 The memory gone before the blood has dried D5 A5 E5 A needle pricks the conscience to help it fade away A5 D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo D5 F#5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me D5 F#5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' D5 A5 It don't mean nothin', I tell you, it don't mean nothin' to me D5 A5 The more you scream , the less you hear D5 A5 Or that's how it used to be D5 A5 E5 But I just can't tell the difference any more these days D5 A5 The open lips of an altar boy D5 A5 A planet spins in a silent void D5 A5 E5 The options are ever fewer on the ground these days A5 Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) D5 A5 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) D5 A5 Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) D5 F#5 It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' D5 A5 It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't, it don't mean nothin' to me, to me D5 A5 Oh, it don't mean nothin' to me D5 A5 Credo, credo, credo, credo I watch the TV every night, I stay awake by satellite D5 A5 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 D5 A5 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 D5 A5 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? D5 Why can't you fade away? Why can't you fade away? A5 Why can't you fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away? Fade away