D                     G
Is this the New Year, or just another night?
D                     G
Is this the new fear, or just another fright?
G                Bm             A                  D
Is this the new tear, or just another desperation?

D                       G
Is this the finger, or just another fist?
D                       G
Is this the kingdom, or just a hit-and-miss?
G           Bm            A                 Bm
A misdirection, most of all this desperation.

D
Is this what they call freedom?
A
Is this what you call pain?
Bm                                  G
Is this what they call discontented fame?
D                        A
It'll be a day like this one,
A                       Bm                        
When the world caves in, when the world caves in, 
G                     D
when the world caves in

D                      G
I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass
D                          G
For broken arms and broken noses in the back
G                Bm             A                 Bm G
Is this the New Year, or just another desperation?

D                           A
You push until you're shoving
A
You bend until you break,
Bm                          G
Do you stand on the broken field where your fathers lay?
D                        A
It'll be a day like this one,
A                       Bm                        
When the world caves in, when the world caves in,
G                      D
when the world caves in

A                      Bm  G
When the world caves in,      
G                      D   A
when the world caves in,   
A                      A Bm G 
when the world caves in

D                               A
There's nothing here worth saving, 
A
There's no one here at all
Bm                         G
Is there any net left that could break our fall? 
D                        A
It'll be a day like this one

A                      Bm            
When the sky falls down, 
Bm                  G                         D
when the hungry and poor and deserted are found.

D                     A
Are you discontented?
A                        Bm
Have you been pushing hard?
Bm                     G
Have you been throwing down this broken house of cards?
D                        A
It'll be a day like this one,
A                        Bm                       
When the world caves in, when the world caves in, 
G                      D G D G
when the world caves in

D                                     G
Is there nothing left now? Nothing left to sing?
D                                            G
Are there any left who haven't kissed the enemy?
G                Bm             A                    Bm G
Is this the New Year, or just another desperation?      Yeah, yeah

D                           A
Does justice ever find you?
A
Do the wicked never lose?
Bm                                               G
Is there any other song to sing besides these blues?
D               A
And nothing is OK, 
A                       Bm                        
Till the world caves in, till the world caves in, 
G                       D
till the world caves in, till the world caves in.
A                       Bm                        
Till the world caves in, till the world caves in, 
G                       D
till the world caves in, till the world caves in.
A                       Bm                        
Till the world caves in, till the world caves in, 
G                    D
till the world caves in,