F#5
it's been a long dry season in tinderbox town
      B5
and the ghetto cars go cruising up and down and round and round
 A5
with tinted windows and screeching tyres
 B5
povery likes to ride in the best disguise
      F#5
the boys get bored, set fire to the sheds at the end of my street
 B5
the thick black smoke rises up into the doors
      A5
the sirens scream out across the hill
      B5
turn into the close and the boys all swagger


      B5
i've got no quarrel with you, brother
      D5
but the war is getting closer


F#5          B5            D5      A5
down at the union and there we stood
F#5      B5          D5          A5
and embraced like brothers should
F#5        B5                D5          A5
the fire catches when your back is turned
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns


F#5
we used to joke about the colour of our skins
B5
we used to joke about the names of god
A5
but now the racist cops come round
                     B5
put your cousin up against a wall

little crowd gathers round and takes up sides
F#5
the white trash come out of their doorways and mutter
 B5
there's a macho stand-off and sullen faces all around
 A5
and the middle ground is washing away
 B5
and no-one really wants it there anyway


 B5
that's the time for pack dogs, brother
 D5
but the war is getting closer


F#5          B5            D5      A5
down at the union and there we stood
F#5      B5          D5          A5
and embraced like brothers should
F#5        B5                D5          A5
the fire catches when your back is turned
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns


B5  D5  B5  F#5

F#5          B5            D5      A5
down at the union and there we stood
F#5      B5          D5          A5
and embraced like brothers should
F#5          B5            D5      A5
down at the union and there we stood
F#5      B5          D5          A5
and embraced like brothers should
F#5        B5                D5          A5
the fire catches when your back is turned
F#5        B5                D5          A5
the fire catches when your back is turned
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns
F#5          B5              D5      A5
and now we watch as the city burns
F#5          
and now we watch as the city burns (3x)

Solo:
F#5  A5  D5

F#5  A5  D5

 F#5             A5
and i, i accuse you
            D5                              F#5
you want so much, but you give nothing of your self
             A5
and i believe you
            D5                              F#5
you want so much, but you give nothing of your self

End:
F#5  A5  D5

F#5  A5  D5    F#5