Ballad Of Accounting Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]In t[A]he morning we built the city
In [Am]the afternoon walked
through its streets
Evening saw us [Em]leaving
[Am]We wandered through our days as if
[Em]they would never en[Dm]d[Dsus2]
[Am]All of us imagined we had
endless time to spend
[A]We hardly saw[Am] the crossroads
and [Em]small attention gave
[Am]To the landm[A]arks on the journey
from the [Am]cradle to the grave
[G]Cradle to the grave, cradle to the [A]grave

[Verse 2]
[Am]Did you learn to dream in
[A]the morning?
Abandon [Am]dreams in [Em]the afternoon?
[Am]Wait without a hope in [Em]the evening?
[Am]Did you [A]stand there in t[Am]he traces and
[Esus4]let them feed [Em]you lies?[Dm]
Did you [A]trail along be[Am]hind them wearing
blinkers [Em]on your eyes?
Did you [Am]kiss the foot that kicked you?
Did you [Em]thank them for their scorn?
[Am]Did you ask for thei[C]r forgiveness
[Em]for [Esus4]the act of[E] being b[Em]orn?
[G]Act of being born, act of being [Am]born[A]

[Verse 3]
[A]Did you alter the face of the [Am]city?
Make any change in the [Em]world you found?
[G]Or [Am]did you observe all the w[Em]arning?
[Am]Did you [F]read the trespass notice?
Did [Em]you keep o[Dm]ff the grass?
Did you [F]shuffle off the pavement
just to let your betters [Em]pass?
[Am]Did you [A]learn to keep [Am]your mouth shut?
Were you [Em]seen and never heard?
[Am]Did you learn to [C]be [G]obedient
and [E]jump to at [A]a word?
[E]Jump to at [A]a word,
[Esus4]jump to at a word[Am]

[Interlude 1]
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[Am][Em][F][Asus4][A]

[Verse 4]
[Am]An d did you ever demand
any [A]answer?
[Am]The who and the what and
the [Em]reason [Esus4]why
And [Am]did you ever question [Em]the setup?
[Am]And did you [F]stand aside and let them
[Am]choose while you took second be[Dm]st?
[A]Did you let[Am] them skin the cream off
and then give to [Dm]you t[Em]he rest?
Did you [Am]settle for the shoddy?
And [Em]did you think it right
[Am]To let them [A]rob you [Asus4]right and
[Am]left and never make a fight?
And [E]never make a [Am]fight,
[G]never make a [A]fight

[Verse 5]
[A]What did you learn in the morning?
How much did you [Am]know
in [Em]the afternoon?
[Am]Were you content [G]in the
[Em]evening?
And did they [Am]teach you how to question
when you were at [Dm]the school?
[Dsus2]Did the factory h[Am]elp you grow? Were
you the maker or the tool?
Did the place where you were living
[Em]enrich your life and [G]then?
Did you [A]mix [Am]amon[G]g the standi[Em]ng
of all your [Esus4]fellow me[Am]n?
[Esus4]All your fellow men, [Am]all y[G]our fellow men,
all your fellow [Am]men

[Outro 1]
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