C  C  A  C  A  C  E


[Verse 1]

 F#m               C#m            F#m         C#m
The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on
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The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn
     F#m          C#m                  F#m          C#m
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
     F#m          C#m           F#m         C#m
The difference between us is a part of the game


[Verse 2]

 F#m         C#m              F#m         C#m
Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun
     F#m          C#m           F#m        C#m
The dead are the living in the age of the gun
       F#m       C#m            F#m          C#m
While everyone clamors for the justice they seek
     F#m          C#m           F#m             C#m
The world is corrupted and the strong take the weak


[Chorus 1]

      C#m          F#m             E             F#m
They mold you and shape you, they watch what you do
      C#m          F#m         E           F#m
The sparks of the tempest are burnin' you through
 C#m            F#m       E            F#m
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
 C#m             F#m           E          F#m
Though they may promise, they only bring pain


[Verse 3]

 F#m           C#m               F#m         C#m
The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke
     F#m            C#m               F#m        C#m
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke
     F#m           C#m               F#m       C#m
The less that you know the more you fall into place
   F#m        C#m                F#m          C#m
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face


[Chorus 2]

 C#m         F#m        E        F#m
Run for the cover, Millennium's here
 C#m         F#m         E             F#m
Bearing the standard of confusion and fear
 C#m            F#m       E            F#m
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
 C#m             F#m           E          F#m
Though they may promise, they only bring pain


[Bridge]

   C#m        B                   A                A#   F   A# F   B   D

   C#m        B                   A                A#   F   A# F   B   D
Blood in the sand, a cry in the street,   Now the cycle is nearly complete
   C#m        B                      A                     A#   F   A#    F    B    D
Ten thousand years, and nothing was learned,   No turning back, now the wheel has turned


[Verse 4]

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Big Brother is watching and he likes what he sees
   F#m           C#m               F#m      C#m
A world for the taking, when he's ready to squeeze
     F#m          C#m                  F#m          C#m
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
     F#m          C#m           F#m         C#m
The difference between us is a part of the game


[Chorus 3]

  C#m       F#m        E          F#m
Soothsayer saying now tell me no lies
 C#m          F#m             E           F#m
What is this madness that is filling the skies
 C#m            F#m       E            F#m
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
 C#m             F#m           E          F#m
Though they may promise, they only bring pain