The Abc Cafe - Red And Black

  Dm                                   F
It is time for us all to decide who we are
 Bb                                          F
 Do we fight for the right to a night at the opera now?
  Dm                                                      F
  Have you asked of yourselves what's the price you might pay?
Bb                                 Am
Is it simply a game for rich young boys to play?
    Gm                      G7              C
The colors of the world are changing day by day

 F                      Dm
Red, the blood of angry men
 Bb                      F
 Black, the dark of ages past
 F                     Dm
 Red, a world about to dawn
 Bb                             F
 Black, the night that ends at last

 Dm                                             F
 Had you been there today you might know how it feels
  Bb                                      F
  To be struck to the bone in a moment of breathless delight
  Dm                                 F
  Had you been there today you might also have known
  Bb                                       Am
  How the world may be changed in just one burst of light

    Gm                             G7                   C
And what was right seems wrong and what was wrong seems right

 F                      Dm
[Red] I feel my soul on fire
 Bb                            F
 [Black] my world if she's not there
 F                      Dm
[Red] It's the color of desire
  Bb                       F
 [Black] it's the color of despair

Gm
Marius, you're no longer a child
Bb                         Eb
I do not doubt you mean it well
Bb                        F
But now there is a higher call
Gm
Who cares about your lonely soul?
Bb                         Eb
We strive towards a larger goal
    Bb                F7        Bb
Our little lives don't count at all

F                        Dm
[Red] The blood of angry men
Bb                      F
Black, the dark of ages past
F                     Dm
Red, a world about to dawn
Bb                            F
Black, the night that ends at last

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