The Next 20th Century Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
The nazis that we [D]hired
For our wedding [Dm]band
Played [Gm]your [G]anthem like I wasn't there
For [Gm]the father daughter dance
From [D]the boondocks of Egypt
To the nosebleeds at Cal[Dm]vary
Recite [G]your history of oppression, babe
[Gm]While you are under me
There's no doubt[Am]ing the devotion
My an[G]cestors had [D]for yours
Now we've got [Am]all the love to pay for
Like a thou[G]sand different

[Interlude 1]
wars
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[Dm][D]

[Verse 2]
A square foot of [D]empire
[Dm]Around the peep show slot
[D]I see [G]an avatar of mercy
With the same [Gm]damn
jeembles that I've got
[D]The boss wants to be anonymous
The tal[Dm]ent wants to be seen
We [G]weren't paying for your body, Lord
We [Gm]were paying you to leave
Now who will [Am]watch
the chorus line
Stretching [G]from Reno to [D]Rome
Listen, [Am]Cherry, I know you love me
But say you [G]love me 'fore you go

[Interlude 2]
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[D][C]
[D][Dm][D][C][Dm][D][C][Dm][D][C][D][Dm]
[D][Dm][D][A][D]

[Verse 3]
Val Kilmer had a [D]wall-length
Mirror [Dm]Mirror just over there
[D]Well, [G]I'm sure he's someone else now
But he was Bat[Gm]man when
he lived here
Maybe [D]he's Yankee Zulu
Just [Dm]waiting for the flood
[G]And maybe Mac the Conqueror
With [Gm]the severed head of love
I've seen him wear[Am]ing aviators
And [G]a black baseball h[D]at
Stalking air[Am]ports 'cross the bardo
[G]Quiet as [D]a wildcat

[Interlude 3]
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[Dm][D]

[Verse 4]
The wheel is [D]turning
From [Dm]night into [D]day[G]
Everything's in [Gm]transition
Everything must [D]change
But none of us here
Will ever [Dm]see the promised l[G]and
None of us here will be
there [Gm]for
Childhood's end
I see [Am]you, you student debtors
In the [G]watchtower [D]overhead
Searchin' for head[Am]lights
in the driveway
Cryin', [G]"Dad, look what they [D]did"
Just [Am]look
Even their romance made us
[G]masters and[D] slaves
But now thing[Am]s keep getting worse
While staying [G]so eerily the [D]same
Come build your buri[Am]al grounds
on our burial grounds
But you [G]won't kill death that [D]way
I don't know [Am]'bout you, but
I'll take the love songs
And give you the fu[G]ture in [D]exchange
I don't know [Am]'bout you,
but I'll take the love songs
If this cen[G]tury's here [D]to stay
I don't know [Am]'bout you,
but I'll take the love songs
And the great [G]distance that

[Outro 1]
they came
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