Key: E
Introduction:
Bm G#m
Verse
G Bm G
When I was growing up not long ago though it seems like it?s so far away
Bm G Bm G
We played under the sun we didn?t plug ourselves in were made to pray at the end of the day
G Bm G Bm A
Now everything changing these people aren?t real and our children are dying
G#m Em Bm G
Cuz they?re hard and don?t feel and its lie and its cheat and its steal and its kill
A G#m
And its mothers go bury your sons
Em G
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
Bm G
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
Em G Bm Em G
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
Verse
Bm Em G Bm Em
Remember when cowboys were cowboys and only children played pretend
G Bm G Bm G
Remember when a man was a man not a product or a title or a brand
Em F# G A
Now everything?s changing these people aren?t real and we have no heroes
G#m
They?re pink in the middle
Bm A Bm
They don?t say what they mean they don?t do what they say they won?t stand here and die for it
C Em
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
D Em
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
C Em D Bm
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
C Em
And the shadows from the buildings just kill the trees
D Em
And the only thing we?re good at is spreading disease
C Em D Bm
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal
Solo
Em G
Remember when we hadn?t a worry and things just moved slower now
Bm
We weren?t in such a hurry
Em F# G Bm C Bm
And we weren?t dying so we didn?t have to bury our brothers and sisters in the dirt
Em F# G Bm
Now everything changing these people aren?t real
A Bm
And our children are dying cuz they?re hard and can?t feel
Em F# G Bm
And its lie and its cheat and its steal and its kill
A Bm
And its I die if I don?t shoot first...
Em F# G
All I smell is smoke when I step outside
A F#
And the mountains keep crying cuz were burning alive
Em F# G A Bm
And the people fight the people like they forgot we were equal
Em F# G
And the shadows from the buildings just kill the trees
A F#
And the only thing we?re good at is spreading disease
Em F# G A Bm
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal
Outro
Em G
And you can?t kill something that doesn?t care if it lives
A G#m
And I?m sinking with my city like a captain and ship
G Bm G A G#m Em
And the people kill the people like they forgot we were equal