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
