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by willneu97

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Down in the lab
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With the hopeful few
C                 D
Hell bent on doing
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The work that you cowards won't do

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Weaving the future
Am                       C   D
From bright new threads
G      D        C
Prices on their heads

G F C

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Someday the abomination
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Is going to finally make land
        C           D
We stay silent as a snowdrift
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Focused on the task at hand

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Dream of the day
Am                          C    D
When the calm waters break
              G     D        C
And something rises from the lake

G F C

         G                           C
Someday, all of you people will know
    G                  Am          A
The safe way isn't the only way to go

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Movement in the grid
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As fish leap in thе air
C                D
It's only a test run
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And still the tension's too dеlicious to bear

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All around the monitor station
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Big smiles, high fives
C               D
According to my projections
     G               D             C
Everybody's going to run for their lives

G F C

         Bm                            Em
Still we wait until our time has come
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Down here where the engines hum
F                 Em     D
Exiled priests of Rome
Am                         C
Bringing our troubles back home

    G                           C
Someday, all of you people will know
    G                  Am          A
The safe way isn't the only way to go

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