Am F G Am F G

Am                                            E     Am  E Am
There's a man walking round the island with a snake cane
Am                                 E  Am     E Am
He picked it up in Thailand from a hurricane
        C                   G
And you know he's not gonna go there
                       F  G
He's been one time too long
                     C    Am
Now all the gods are gone

Am                                 E       Am  E Am
The younger boys are drowning in a shallow sea
Am                              E    Am    E Am
The night belongs to snipers in palm trees
           C                  G
And their sabres flashed like lightning
                          F    G
In the charge of the last brigade
                     C
They must have been afraid

E
Soldiers have their sorrow
    F
The wretched have their rage
Dm                         G
Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age
            Am
Of another age
            C
Of another age
            Am
Of another age

Am                                         E     Am     E Am
The blood running down the blackboard on a blank screen
Am                                   E  Am   E Am
The convicts shake their cages of a bad dream
             C               G
And they'll coach you in the classroom
                      F   G
That it cannot happen here
                    C
But it has happened here

Am                        E    Am   E Am
I remember nothing that I memorized
Am                        E     Am  E Am
I got my education from a black eye
            C                 G
And they'll teach you law and order
                          F   G
If you dare to raise your hand
          C
Spare the glove and spoil the man
E
Soldiers have their sorrow
    F
The wretched have their rage
Dm                         G
Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age
           Am
Of another age
           C
Of another age
           Am
Of another age
Am                               E   Am     E Am
Thomas Paine and Jesse James are old friends
Am                              E    Am   E Am
And Robin Hood is riding on the road again
        C        G
We were born in a revolution
                        F  G
And we died in a wasted war
                   C      Am
It's gone that way before

Am                                  E         Am  E Am
The dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn
Am                             E    Am  E Am
If that was an election, I'm a Viet Cong
              C                    G
So I pledge allegiance against the flag
                          F    G
and the flaw for which it stands
                   C
I'll raise it if I can
E
Soldiers have their sorrow
    F
The wretched have their rage
Dm                         G
Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age
           Am
Of another age
           C
Of another age
           Am
Of another age