Key: C
Introduction:
CA
Verse (0:12)
C A
I was in a crater
C A
Pockmarked fields on either side
C A
I was meant to be all safe
Cm2
How did I die'
A5
How did I die'
A
Or didn't I'
Verse (0:43)
C A
Un sursaut, une crispation,
C A
Mon corps soudain
C A
Comme voulant s'engloutir dans la terre.
Cm2
How did I die'
A5
How did I die'
G
Or didn't I'
D# G A
Didn't I die at all'
Verse (1:20)
C A
I fell into a ditch
C
On the end facing
A
Mephisto is it's name
Cm2
How did I die'
A5
How did I die'
A
Or didn't I'
Verse (1:49)
C A
Ein schwarzes Biest
C A
Ein Splitterregen
C
Ã'ber den Bäumen zerspringt
A
Und niedergeht
Cm2
How did I die'
A5
How did I die'
G
Or didn't I'
D# G A
Didn't I die at all'
Break (2:26)
Cm2 GA A
Bridge (3:04)
C A
Now there is only that sinister brown belt
C
A strip of murdered Nature.
A
It seems to belong to another world
C A
Every sign of humanity has been swept away
C
The woods and roads have vanished
A
Like chalk wiped from a board
C
Of the villages nothing remains but gray smears
A
Where stone walls have tumbled together.
C A
A confused mass of troubled earth.
C A
Columns of muddy smoke spurt up continually as
C A CA
High explosives tear deeper into this ulcered area.
Break (3:53)
Cm2
How did I die'
C
I fell from the sky
A
Or didn't I'
Verse (4:04)
C A
I filled my mouth with water
C A
So the bullet could suceed
C
How did I die'
A
How did I die'
Cm2
Did I die by my own hand'
A5
Or didn't I'
G
How did I die'
D# G A
Or didn't I die at all'
Break (4:40)
A F GA
Verse (5:02)
A
How did we die'
F
Or didn't we'
G A
Didn't we die at all'
A
We didn't die
F
We didn't die
G A F GA
We are back with a different song
Verse (5:34)
A
We didn't die
F
We didn't die
G A
We're just singing a different song
A F
We are back with a change of weather
G A F GA
Ein anderer Wind, ein neues Lied
Verse (6:06)
A
We didn't die
F
We didn't die
G A
We give you a different song
A F
Okookookookooskrookookookookoo
G A
The difference is in the song
A F
Okookookookooskrookookookookoo
G A
Difference makes the song
Outro (6:38)
A
We didn't die
F
We didn't die
G
We didn't die
A
We didn't die