Cease Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]Blacktop [F]pavement cover [C]me
[G]Like [Am]a chemical reaction or
[D]a steamroller
[F]Spreading [G]randomly

[Verse 2]
There's a [Am]distant [G]buzz and low [F]frequency
[C]It tic[Am]kles my ear[G],
rumbles [F]under my [C]feet
And it [Dm]shakes the leaves off of [F]every [G]tree
[F]Viol[C]ently

[Verse 3]
[G]What preten[Am]sion,
[G]everlasting [Dm]peace
[F]Everything [D]mus[G]t c[E]ease

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[Am]Institu[G] tion on[F] the hi[C]ll
[G]Like [Am]a beacon in the mind of an [D]ancestor
to [F]unite a peoples' [G]will

[Verse 5]
There's [Am]a shadowed [G]stain
on [F]the west [C]facade
It has [Am]spread like de[G]cay to
en[F]shroud the [C]fraud
And the [Dm]descendants find it [F]oh, so [G]odd
[F]Oh, [C]so [G]odd

[Verse 6]
What pre[Am]tension,
[G]everlasting [Dm]peace
[F]Everything [D]mus[F#m]t ceas[G]e[E][Am][G]
[F][E]

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 7]
[Am]Grave [G]memorial
[F]Hewn white [C]stone
Like the com[Am]forting caress of a [D]mother
Or a [F]friend you've always [G]known

[Verse 8]
It [Am]evokes such [G]pain and sig[F]nific[C]ance
[Am]What was once is [G]reduced to [F]remembrance
[C]And the gen[Dm]erations pass
without [F]recom[G]pense
[F]Aah[C][G]

[Verse 9]
What pre[Am]tension,
[G]everlasting [Dm]peace
[D]Everything [G]mus[E]t cease
[Am][G][F][E]

[Verse 10]
[Am]
[G]Oo [F]h[E][Am][G][E]
[F]Everything [D]mus[G]t[E]
[Am]Cease

[Outro 1]
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