[Intro] Am  G  F 
        C  G  
 
    Am         F           G          
The rains move eastward in waves of succession  
Am                F              Em  
Drawing lines of grey across the sky  
     Am               F         G             
With history just as close as a hand on the shoulder  
   Am          F            Em  
In hunger and impatience we cry  
    Am             F          G               
The battle against corruption rages in each corner  
      Am                F                 Em     
There must be something better, something pure  
        Am         F                 G              
And the call it is answered from the caves to the cities  
         Am          F           Em  
Come the dealers of Salvation on Earth   

[Solo] Am  F  G  C  
       Am  F  G  
       Am  F  G  C  
       Am  F  G

  Am                 F             G              
We've seen the restless children at the head of the columns  
        Am         F               Em  
Come to purify the future with the arrogance of youth  
Am             F            G                            
Nothing is as cruel as the righteousness of innocents  
     Am          F           Em  
With automatic weapons and a gospel of the truth 

E             D      C                B  
Revolution for ever, succession of the seasons  
  Am                G          F                 E  
Within the blood of Nature, all raised to rot and die  
     F       E            Am  F  G  C  
This purity, purity is a lie   

[Solo] Am  F  G  
       Am  F  G  C  
       Am  F  G

   Am           F           G            
Now immaculate conception in sterilised laboratories  
Am       F          Em  
How the vanity goes on  
          Am             F                 G            
Or in the message of the preacher with his morals and obsessions  
    Am           F          Em  
The wars that we wage upon ourselves  
G                   F  
Purity is a virtue, purity is an angel  
Am                            Em  
Purity is for madmen to make fools of us all  
   Am                   F           G                  
So forgive yourself my friend, all this will soon be over  
     Am              F        Em  
What happened here tonight is nothing at all   

E             D      C                B  
Revolution for ever, succession of the seasons  
  Am                G          F                 E  
Within the blood of Nature, all raised to rot and die  
     F       E            Am  F  G  C  
This purity, purity is a lie   

[Solo] Am  F  G  
       Am  F  G  C  
       Am  F  G

     Am         F               G             
I will always see Brendan at that broken down piano  
     Am               F     Em  
His fingers thick and red, shaking on the keys  
Am              F        G              
Battered by the years of alcohol and working  
       Am               F               Em  
Still playing with the faith that never leaves  
    Am          F               G                  
So sit us down, buy us a drink, tell us a good story  
Am           F    Em  
Sing us a song we know to be true  
  Am            F          G               
I don't give a damn that I never will be worthy  
Am           F    Em                Am  F  G  C  
Fear is the only enemy that I still know  

[Solo] Am  F  G  
       Am  F  G  C  
       Am  F  G