Am  = 577555   Dm = x57765   F  = 133211   Em7 = 075700
Am7 = 575555   G  = 355433   Em = 022000
                       
The chugging Am to Am7 riff is played at the end of each
line of the verses

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[Intro]

[2 bars Drums]
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

       Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
||: /__/   /__/   /__/    /__/  | /__/   /__/   /__/   /__/  :||[x2]
       ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^

[Verse 1]
Dm          G                Dm         G         Am
    We were working secret - ly for the Military,
Dm           G           Dm               G             Am
    Our ex - periment in sound was nearly ready to be - gin,
F           Em             F              Em      Am
    We only know in theo - ry what we are doing,
Dm        G                Dm          G          Am
    Music made for pleas - ure,  music made ...to thrill,
Dm         G             Dm               Am
    It was music we were making here un - til...

[Chorus]
     Am               Em7          Am
They told us all they wanted was a sound that...
         Em7                 Am
...Would kill someone from a distance,
      Em7               Am         Em7
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red,
       Am             Em7
It's a mistake in the making

       Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
||: /__/   /__/   /__/    /__/  | /__/   /__/   /__/   /__/  :||x2
       ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^

[Verse 2]
Am           G                Am              G          Am
    From the painful cries of mothers, to the terrifying scream,
Dm          G              Dm          Am
    We re - corded it, and put it into our machine

[Chorus]
     Am               Em7          Am
They told us all they wanted was a sound that...
         Em7                 Am
...Would kill someone from a distance,
      Em7               Am         Em7
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red,
       Am             Em7
It's a mistake in the making

       Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
||: /__/   /__/   /__/    /__/  | /__/   /__/   /__/   /__/  :||[x2]
       ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^

[Verse 3]
         F         Em7        Am             F       Em7    Am
It could feel like falling in love, it could feel so bad,
         F       Em7    Am            F           Em7     Am
It could feel so good,       it could sing you to sleep,
         F             Em7     Am
But that dream is your enemy

[Verse 4]
Dm           G              Dm               G           Am
    We won't be there to be blamed, we won't be there to snitch,
Dm         G                 Dm                Am
    I just pray that someone there can hit the switch

[Chorus]
     Am               Em7          Am
They told us all they wanted was a sound that...
         Em7                 Am
...Would kill someone from a distance,
      Em7               Am         Em7
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red,
       Am             Em7
It's a mistake in the making

       Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
||: /__/   /__/   /__/    /__/  | /__/   /__/   /__/   /__/  :||[x2]
       ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^
   F              Em7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
E|/--/| /--/   /--/    /--/  | /--/   /--/   /--/   /--/   |
      ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^
        F          Em7            Am
And the public are warned to stay off

       Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am      Am  Am7 Am    Am  Am7 Am
||: /__/   /__/   /__/    /__/  | /__/   /__/   /__/   /__/  :||x4
       ^   ^  ^      ^    ^  ^       ^   ^  ^      ^   ^  ^