Key: F5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: D5 - E5 - F5 - Bb5 - F5 - Bb5 - F5 - F5 - Bb7- - D5 - Bb7--
Chorus 1:
D5 D5 E5 F5
Crooked minds have gone astray
Bb5 F5 Bb5 F5
Have they never learned from yesterday?
F5 Bb5
Only a fool would wear the crown
D5 Bb7(hold) A5 - Gm(hold)
One day the kids will tear it down
Dm-- x4 Bb- - Gm- - Dm--
Yeah
Verse 1:
Can't you see the
D5
clocks are ticking away?
They try to fit more
hours into the day
To see that you was
crunching numbers away
We're running out breath
just to keep up the pace
And when did the
Bb5
revolver start the race?
G5
When did the revolver
start the race?
D5
Accelerated architecture creates
a manufactured lifestyle
for the deranged
They swallow up the green
and build up the gray
And like tomorrows
kids dispose of today
And when d'you think the
Bb5
roots will buy them out?
When d'you think the
G5
roots will buy them out?
Chorus 2:
D5
Crooked minds under gray skies
Bb5
They can't live til something dies
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
until something dies
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
D5
Crooked minds ain't satisfied
until the ground touches the sky
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
touches the sky
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
Verse 2:
D5
Cemetery statue stare into space
sucked into a social media craze
They're looking for an
answer to explain
the reason why
disaster strikes again
D5
A picture perfect family
sits by the lake
swimming in a sea
of mechanical waste
And can't they see
Bb5
a tragedy awaits?
Can't they see a
tragedy awaits?
Chorus 3:
D5
Crooked minds under gray skies
Bb5
They can't live til something dies
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
until something dies
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
D5
Crooked minds ain't satisfied
until the ground touches the sky
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
touches the sky
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
D5 C5 Bb5 A5 - G5 D5 - C5 - Bb- - A5 - Gm-
We'll tear it down
Bridge:
D5 C5 Bb5
Cauterize these butchered eyes
G5 D5
Tangled in their power lines
C5 Bb5
Tear the ground up with their lives
G5 D5
Raise the caskets in the sky
C5 Bb5
Someday soon they'll realize
G5
Nothing's left for you and I
Nothing's left for you and I
Interlude: D5 - E5 - F5 - Bb5 - F5 - Bb5 - F5 - F5 - Bb7- - D5 - Bb7--
Chorus 4: Similar to Intro
D5 D5 E5 F5
Crooked minds have gone astray
Bb5 F5 Bb5 F5
Have they never learned from yesterday?
F5 Bb5
Only a fool would wear the crown
D5 Bb7(hold) A5 - Gm(hold)
One day the kids will tear it down
Chorus 5:
D5
Crooked minds under gray skies
Bb5
They can't live til something dies
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
until something dies
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
D5
Crooked minds ain't satisfied
until the ground touches the sky
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
touches the sky
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
Outro:
D5 C5 Bb5
Cauterize these butchered eyes
G5 D5
Tangled in their power lines
C5 Bb5
Tear the ground up with their lives
G5 D5
Raise the caskets in the sky
C5 Bb5
Someday soon they'll realize
G5
Nothing's left
until something dies
Bb5
(the kids will tear it down)
until something dies
G5
(the kids will tear it down)
Dm(hold)
until something dies