Key: D
Introduction:
Am
verse 1
Am D2
If the strain proves too much
Am
Give up right away
D2
If the light hurts your eyes
Am
Stay in your room all day
C
When the room fills with smoke
G
Lie down on the floor
D2
In the declining years
Am
Of the long war
verse 2
D2
Well the blood's in the water
Am
And the shark's gonna come
D2
And we swim in the dark
Am
Until our bodies are numb
C
Blind desert rats in the moonlight
G
Too far from the shore
D2
In the declining years
Am
Of the long war
Instrumental
Em G(Fade Am
verse 3
D2
Empty room with a lightbulb
Am
Where the phone starts to ring
D2
Everybody gets nervous
Am
Nobody says anything
Bridge
C
The next day someone's initials
G
Show up on the door
D2
I think I'm gonna crack
Am
Cant live like this anymore
C
Ugly things in the darkness
G
Worse things in store
D2
In the declining years
Am
Of the long war
Instrumental Outro