Capo 3rd fret.


Am G F E (x3)
Am G Dm


Am         G        F     C
Black top pave-ment cover me
         Am                     Dm            F          E
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
           Am       G          F    C
There's a distant buzz and low frequency
     Am         G            F        E
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
         Dm          F           C      G
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Dm    C   G
Vio-lent-ly
          Am      G           Dm
What pretention everlasting peace
      F    G   Ab/Em   Am
  Everything must cease


Am G F E (x3)
Am G Dm


Am   G       F         C
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Am                      Dm                    F               E
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite the people's will
Am             G             F        C
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
Am              G            F         E
It has spray like decay to enshroud the fraud
         Dm          F         C     G
and the descendents find it oh so odd
Dm    C    G
Oh so odd
        C        G           Dm
What pretention everlasting peace
F       G     Ab/Em
Everything must cease


Am G F E (X3)
Am G Dm


Am       G         F       C
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
           Am                  Dm             F               E
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
Am          G             F        C
It evokes such pain and significance
Am          G               F         E
What was once reduced to rememberence
Dm             F              C          G
And the generations pass without recompense
Dm   C    G


C           G           Dm
What pretention everlasting peace
F   G    Ab/Em   Am
Everything must cease.

Am G F E 
Am Dm G Am