C
So while the sun and sky dissolve with progress
                                F     G  F  G
We look for ways to feed our families
                 C
Here's another strip mall for the hungry tourists
                          F
A discord in the purest harmony
                       G
(Best made plans are burning down)
      F                     G
(The have's still keep the have-nots down)

[Chorus]
              F                  Dm
Because the violent crimes and violent times
             C                   G
Will make a city much harder to live in
                 F                   Dm
Because they're taking up arms and sounding alarms
              C                   G
And we still try to carve out a living

[Verse]
                C
Yeah, let them tax the air and buy the water
                                     F
Sell the silence but all the art is free
                       G
(Best made plans are burning down)
      F                      G
(The have's still keep the have-nots down)
          C
Well, we work for nothing to scratch that itch
                                                F
Let the starving eat the rich, that's fine with me
                        G
(Best made plans are burning down)
       F                    G
(The have's still keep the have-nots down)

[Chorus]
              F                  Dm
Because the violent crimes and violent times
             C                   G
Will make a city much harder to live in
                 F                   Dm
Because they're taking up arms and sounding alarms
              C                   G
And we still try to carve out a living

[Bridge]
Dm
How did it fall?
            C        G
How did it come to this?
Dm
How did it fall?
            C        G
How did it come to this?

[Chorus]
              F                  Dm
Because the violent crimes and violent times
             C                   G
Will make a city much harder to live in
                 F                   Dm
Because they're taking up arms and sounding alarms
              C                   G
And we still try to carve out a living
              Dm
Because the violent crimes and violent times
             C                   G
Will make a city much harder to live in
                 Dm
Because they're taking up arms and sounding alarms
              C                   G
And we still try to carve out a living
Dm
How did it fall?
            C        G
How did it come to this?
Dm
How did it fall?
            C        G
How did it come to this?
Dm
How did it fall?
            C        G
How did it come to this?