Checkmate Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5][B5][A5][Bb5][A5][Am][G#m][G#5][G#m][G#5][A5][Am][Dm][Am]
[Bb5][Am][Bb5][Am][D5][F]
[G5][Bb]
[Am][Bb][Am][D5][Dm][C]
[Bb]Watch the

[Verse 1]
[Am]gears grind off their teeth, the screeching halt [A5]machine
[Am]Dig ging heels in disbel[Bb5]ief
[Am]Two [A5]react[Am]ional identities,
opposing [A5]policies
[Am]A bait-and-switch routine
routine
[Bb5]routine[C]

[Verse 2]
Double-takes and and double-speak
[Am]Still scripting [C]the façade
Asphyxiate and choke the [Am]truth
All hail the money god

[Verse 3]
[Am]Repeat, [C]echo, re[Dm]frain
[D5]It's[Bm] all the s[Am]ame
So deafening
Repeat, [C]echo, re[D5]frain[Dm]
[Am]A consequence
We asked [D5]for this[Am]
[C]Repeat, [D5]echo, refrain
[Am]No, never ag[G5]ain[Am]
The Americ[Bb5]an scr[Am]eam
[Bb5][Am][A5][Am][Bb5][Am]

[Verse 4]
A coup d'état on full display,
a liar's sick [Bb5]charade
[Am]A traitor's gran[Bb5]d para[Bb]de[Am]
[A5]Narciss[Am]istic masquerades for
those without [A5]a say
[Am]Systematic [Bb5]disar [Am]ray[B5][A5]

[Verse 5]
[C]Divide and conquer and close them in
[Am]And bury secrets d[A5]eep[Am]
[C]Make America hate again
[Am]And bleed the sheep to sleep
[D5][Am]

[Verse 6]
Repeat, [C]echo, re[D5]frain[Bm]
It's [Am]all the same
So deafen[D5]ing
[Am]Repeat, echo[C], refrai[D5]n[Am]
A consequence
We asked for [D5]this[G5][Am]
[C]Repeat, [D5]echo, refrain
[Bm]No, [Am]never ag[G5]ain[Am]
The American scream
(Scream)

[Verse 7]
[Am]You try to pick the lesser of
But evil doesn't come in twos
Bellicose [D5]and [Am]balkanized
A sinking ship of fools

[Verse 8]
So [Am]kiss the hangman as you drop
The rotting corpse of decency
Just another [D5]cas u[F]alty of
the [Am]Americ[A5]an s[Am]cream
Scream
(The American scream)
[C]Repeat, echo, re

[Verse 9]
[D5]frain[Bm]
[Am]It's all the same
So deafening
Repeat, [C]echo, re[D5]frain[Bm]
[Am]A consequence
We asked [D5]for this[Am]
[C]Repeat, [Dm]echo, [D5]re frain
[Am]No, [Bm]nev e[Am]r again[Am]
[Bb]The American [Am]scream[Am][Am]

[Outro 1]
Never again
[Am][Am][Am][Am]