The Tiananmen Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5][E5][Eb5][A5][Eb5][F][Eb5][Bb5][A5][C5][A5][Bb5][E5][Eb5][Bb5][Eb5][A5][F][Eb5][Bb5][Bb][A5]
[C5]On Jun

[Verse 1]
[C]e f[Bb5]ifth,
[A5]in t[Bb5]he yea[Eb5]r of eighty- nine,[A5] he w[Bb5]as un ar[F]med wi[Eb5]th foc[Bb5]used m[A5]ind[C5][Bb][Bb5][F][Eb5][Bb5][A5][Eb5][Bb5][Eb5][A][A5][C5]
[A5]Defi[Bb5]ance glare[F]d down[A5] the b[Bb5]arrel of t[A5]he gu[Eb5]n pointe[A5]d from
[E5]a tank [Eb5]in Tie[Bb5]nan me[A5]n squ[C5]are[A5][F][Eb5][Bb5]
[A5]And he s[Eb5]tood t[Bb5]here:[A5][E5][C5]
[A5]To control, to[Eb5] manipul[A5]ate,
[A]the[A5] medi[Eb5]a his [G5]powe[A5]r slav[A]e[A5][A][A5][Eb5][A5][Eb5][G5][F]
He [G5]knew the world was [F]watching,
knew he had a [G5]plan
To con[G5]front the powerful [F]tyranny [C]in
the square [C5]of Ti[Bb5]enanmen[G5]
Ecstatic youth played with [F]fire,
freedom [Eb5]wash o[F]ver them
[G5]Democracy their de[F]sire,
[G5]the Tienanmen man [C5]had a[F] pl[Bb5]an[A5][A][A5][A][A5]
Manipu[Eb5]late t[A5]he media[A]
[A5][G5][A5][Bb5][F][A5][Bb5][A5][Eb5][E5][Eb5][C5][A5][Bb5][A5][Eb5][A5][Eb5][A5][E5][Eb5][Bb5]
[Bb]He u[A5]sed b[C]lind fai[Bb5]th in [F]the fa[Bb5]ce of [Eb5]an archy,[Bb5][Am]
[Eb5]the cyber neti[A5]c ra[C5]pture has [A5]begun[Bb5] to en[F]vel[Eb5] op me[Bb5][Eb5][A5][Bb5][F][A5][C][A5]
Freedom [Bb5]is the[F] rush, adr[Eb5]en aline[Bb5] high,[A5][Eb5]
choice of the oppres[F]sed wili[Eb5]ng to [Bb5]die[Bb][Eb5]
[C5]Like a [A5]hosta[Bb5]ge the[F] g[Eb5]overn ment[Bb5]
[Eb5]holds your dru[F]g[Eb5][A5]
[C]To [A5]control, to m[Eb5]anipulate,[A5]
[A]the[A5] medi[Eb5]a his [G5]power slav[A5]e[A][A5][Eb5][A5]

[Interlude 1]
[A5][Eb5][G5][F][G5]

[Verse 2]
He [G5]knew the world was [F]watching,
[G5]knew he had a plan[G5]
To con[G5]front the powerful [F]tyranny in
the square [C5]of Ti[Bb5]enanmen[G5]
Ecstatic youth played with [F]fire,
freedom wash [F]over them
[G5]Democracy their de[F]sire,
[G5]the Tienanmen man had a pl[C5]an[Bb5][A][A5]
Manipu[Eb5]late the m[Bb]edia[A5]
His act [A]was a cybernetic [A5]gesture
His act [G5]was a[A5][F][F][G5][A5]
[A5][Eb5][G5][A5][A][A5][Eb5][A5][Bb5][A5][F][A5][Eb5][A5][Bb5][A5][A][A5]
[Bb][A][C][F][A5][A][A5][A][A5][Bb][A5][A][A5][C5][F][A5][A][A5][A][A5][Bb5][A5]
[F][Eb5][A5][A][G5][Eb5][Eb5][A5][A]
[G5][Eb5][A5][A][A5][Bb5][A5][Bb][A5][G5][F][A5][A][A5][Eb5][A5][Bb5][A5]
[A][A5][Eb5][A5][A][A5][G5][F][A5][C][Eb5][A][G5][Eb5][Eb5][A5][A]
[G5][Eb5][G5]
[D5][A5][F][G5][G5][G5][G][G5]
[G5]cybernetic[G5] gesture
He knew the world was [F]watching,
knew he had a [F]plan
[G5]To confront the powerful [F]tyranny in
the square [F]of Tienan[G5]men
Ecstatic youth played with [F]fire,
[F]freedom wash [F]over them
[G5]Democracy their de[F]sire, the [G5]Tienanmen man had
[C]a p[Bb]lan[A5][Bb5][F][A5][Eb5][Bb][F][Eb5][Bb][Eb5][C][Bb][F]
[Bb]Manipu[A5]late [Eb5]the media,[Bb][F][A5][C][Am][Bb][F][Eb5][Bb5]
[Bb]manipu[Eb5]late the m[A5]edia[Bb][E5][Eb5][Bb][A5][C][Bb][F][Bb]
Ma[Eb5]nipulate [Bb]to[F][Eb5][Bb5][Bb][A5]
[C]con[Eb5] trol[Bb]
[F][C][F][Am]