Fm                                                                 

There’s a humming in the restless summer air

C7
And we’re slipping off the course that we prepared

Fm
But in all chaos, there is calculation

C
Dropping glasses just to hear them break

Fm
You’ve been drinking like the world was gonna end (it didn’t)

C7
Took a shiner from the fist of your best friend (go figure)

Fm
It’s clear that someone’s gotta go

C
We mean it but I promise we’re not mean

[Pre-Chorus:]

Fm                                       C
And the cry goes out (Woah)


They lose their minds for us

Fm
And how it plays out 

C
Now we’re in the ring

                                                  Ab
And we’re coming for blood (Oh! Oh!)

[Chorus:]

                                            Fm

You could try and take us (oh-oh)

                                           Ab
But we’re the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)

                               Fm
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)

C                       C7
But secretly they’re saviors

Ab                                        Fm
Glory and gore go hand in hand

                                                            Ab
That’s why we’re making headlines (Oh! Oh!)

                                             Fm
You could try and take us (oh-oh)

C                     C7
But victory’s contagious

[Verse 2:]

Fm
Delicate in every way but one (the swordplay)

C7
God knows we like archaic kinds of fun (the old way)

Fm
Chance is the only game I play with, baby

C
We let our battles choose us


[Pre-Chorus:]

Fm                                       C
And the cry goes out (Woah)


They lose their minds for us

Fm
And how it plays out 

C
Now we’re in the ring

                                                  Ab
And we’re coming for blood (Oh! Oh!)

[Chorus:]

                                            Fm

You could try and take us (oh-oh)

                                           Ab
But we’re the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)

                               Fm
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)

C                        C7
But secretly they’re saviors

Ab                                        Fm
Glory and gore go hand in hand

                                                            Ab
That’s why we’re making headlines (Oh! Oh!)

                                             Fm
You could try and take us (oh-oh)

C                      C7
But victory’s contagious



[Bridge:] pluck a(n) A on the x's

                x                                            x                       x  x
No-one round here’s good at keeping their eyes closed

                            x                                     x                  x    
The sun’s starting to light up when we’re walking home     (oh)

                    x                       x                                x
Tired little laughs, gold-lie promises, we’ll always win at this

                     x                        x
I don’t ever think about death

                            x
It’s alright if you do, it’s fine (oh oh oh...)

              x                                         x                         x  x
We gladiate but I guess we’re really fighting ourselves

                             x                                              x              x
Roughing up our minds so we’re ready when the kill time comes

                         x                          x
Wide awake in bed, words in my brain, 

                       x                                x                    x
"Secretly you love this do you even wanna go free?"

                       x                                         x
Let me in the ring, I’ll show you what that big word means


[Chorus:]

Ab

(Oh oh) 

                                            Fm

You could try and take us (oh-oh)

                                           Ab
But we’re the gladiators (Oh! Oh!)

                               Fm
Everyone a rager (oh-oh)

C                        C7
But secretly they’re saviors

Ab                                        Fm
Glory and gore go hand in hand

                                                            Ab
That’s why we’re making headlines (Oh! Oh!)

                                             Fm
You could try and take us (oh-oh)

C                      C7          (Fm)
But victory’s contagious