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Chords:
Am    x02210
Am7   x02010
D5    x0023x
Dsus2 x00230
C     x32010
G     320033
Em    022000


Am                        D5
If the strain proves too much
               Am
Give up right away
                        D5
If the light hurts your eyes
             Am
Stay in your room all day

                         C
When the room fills with smoke
                G
Lie down on the floor
         D5
In the declining years
                Am
Of the long war

                        D
Well the blood’s in the water
                      Am
And the shark’s gonna come
                   D5 Dsus2
And we swim in the dark
                     Am
Until our bodies are numb
             C
Blind desert rats in the moonlight
             G
Too far from shore
         D5
In the declining years
                 Am
Of the long war


Em  G  Am7-Am Am7-Am (x3)
Em  G  Am


Am                D5
Empty room with a lightbulb
                          Am
Where the phone starts to ring
               D5 Dsus2
Everybody gets nervous
               Am7-Am Am7-Am
Nobody says anything


                        C
The next day someone’s initials
               G
Show up on the door
                  D5
I think I’m gonna crack
                        Am
Can’t live like this anymore


                   C
Ugly things in the darkness
                G
Worse things in store
         D5
In the declining years
                Am
Of the long war

Em  G  Am7-Am Am7-Am (x3)
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Em  G  Am