Am C G
Am C G

[Verse 1]
Am
"But still it moves" I heard you cry
C                  G
Matters of fact attract, with time to bide
Am
Thread sisters stay on my side
C               G
Heavy headed when we collide

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Am C G

[Verse 2]
Am
Ten sounds at once reverberate
C                  G
Coin-operations self-sustain in a cloud
Am
Compulsion caught will penetrate
C                         G
"Come on son, do your country proud!"

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am                      Em
Lead us down to the ocean
    C                                           F    Am G
And wash our hands of campaigns for the self-assured now
Am                 Em 
Fading white in surrender
     C                             F            G
And weary from the beating sun that blinds you

[Chorus 1] 
Am
Take a hit for catharsis
C
Take a hit for them all
G                                               Am
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
C
I wanna kill for a cause
Am
Before they fall

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Am C G

[Verse 3]
Am
The fall won't kill but it's gonna hurt
C                               G
And for a moment clear the haze from your eyes
Am
To redefine the lines of flesh and dirt
C                        G
A sudden tenderness, viscera surprise
Am
Dressed in red to mourn the dead
C                               G
6 o'clock, do you watch just to wince at this?
Am
Eyes are wide; we have been misled
C                               G
And now you face the modern synthesis

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am                      Em
Straighten out your fiction
   C                                            F       G
As means to ends and ends to meaning guide you

[Chorus 2]
Am
Take a hit for catharsis
C
Take a hit for them all
G                                               Am
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
C
I wanna kill for a cause
G                                   Em
After the flags I'm nobody at all

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Am C G
Am C G

[Chorus 3]
Am
Take a hit for catharsis
C
Take a hit for them all
G                                               Am
After the flags they're selling off the wall
N.C.
(After the flags they're selling off the wall)
If I can't reach you with reason
C
You set us up for a fall
G                                       Em
After the flags you're nobody at all

[Outro]
Am C G
Am C G
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