Key: B then F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Intro: Abm- - C#m- - Abm- - Ebm-- x6


Verse 1:
E               Ebm
  We woke up as men but 
  Abm
tonight we'll sleep as killers
F#
As we break the cryptic 
   E
morning with a bullet 
      Ebm                    Abm
and a prayer The steel never seemed 
more cold and agile than now
    F#
And life never seems less vital 
    E              Ebm
and fragile With a heart 


G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm--


Chorus:
Ebm
with a heart 
that's beating louder 
        B
than my own I watch a 
                Abm     Ebm
woman they call Kezia I watch a 
woman that I know I watch my 
hopes and my own 
B
future blindfolded 
    Abm        F#           C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care 
           B
for, but a sin that paid my debts A
F#       C#/F
sin that fed my children and 
B
burned my smiles and 
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4
ci--ga---rettes 


Verse 2:
    Ebm
And no one ever said that hope 
      F#    C#            Ebm
would be so beautiful And no 
one ever said I'd have to 
F#       C#
pull the trigger on her


Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B, 
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--

Ebm-- x4


Verse 3:
Ebm   C# Ebm         C#     B
  Five   soldiers forever sedated 
          F#                    Ebm       C#  Ebm
with the "No one's responsible" psychological drama 
   C#  B         C#   B      C#
of our social justice dribble 
Ebm      C#       Ebm
   Her tiny steps tell 
               C#                    Ebm      C#
lies about the choice I have to make Resurrect a 
 B                             C#   Bb/D
static lifetime starve to death  my own 
   Ebm             C#       Ebm
mistakes Pull the screaming trigger and watch your 
C#      B               Ebm
carcass bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to 
C#     Ebm                    C#   B     Ebm
shake away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the 
              C#   Ebm                C#  B
gun, drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun


Outro: Ebm-- x6