Intro: Cm  Bb  Ab  G  (2x) 
      (Cm  Bb   G) 

 Cm       Bb       Ab    Eb 
 Blacktop pavement cover me 
          Cm                      F             Ab            Bb 
 Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly 
            Cm       Bb          Ab    Eb 
 There's a distant buzz at low frequency 
      Cm         Bb             Ab         Eb 
 It tickles my ears, rumbles under my feet 
          Fm                     Ab      Bb 
 And it shakes the leaves off of every tree 
 Ab    Eb    Bb 
 Vio-lent-ly 
           Cm      Cm/Bb           Fm7 
 What protention everlasting peace 
 Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm 
 Everything must cease 

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Cm    Bb     Ab      Eb 
 Institution on the hill 
          Cm                      F             Ab             Bb 
 Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to ignite a people's will 
            Cm     Bb          Ab    Eb 
 There's a shadow stain on the west facade 
      Cm         Bb             Ab         Eb 
 It is spread like decay to enshroud the fraud 
          Fm                 Ab      Bb 
 And the descendants find it oh so odd 
Ab    Eb    Bb 
 Oh so odd 
           Cm     Cm/Bb       Fm7 
 What pretension everlasting peace 
Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm 
 Everything must cease 

(Cm  Bb  Ab  G)(x2) 
(Cm  Cm/Bb   G) 

Cm         Bb    Ab         Eb 
 Grave memorial hewn white stone 
          Cm                      F             Ab               Bb 
 Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known 
     Cm       Bb          Ab    Eb 
 It evokes such pain and significance 
    Cm            Bb          Ab     Eb 
 What was once is reduced to rememberance 
          Fm                     Ab      Bb 
 And the generations pass without recompense 


Ab    Eb    Bb 
 Aa-aaaa-hhh... 

           Cm      Cm/Bb       Fm7 
 What pretension everlasting peace 
Ab Adim  Bb Bdim   Cm 
 Everything must cease 

Intro 

Ab Adim  Bb Bdim 
 Everything must       cease 

(Cm  Bb  Ab  G)(x3) 
(Cm  Bb  Ab  Bb Cm)