Intro: D C G DD C G D

Verse

D                                      C                     G                  D

The sun comes up on a twenty first century heatwave

D                                         C             G            D

A child look up feels the heat upon his skin

D                                    C                        G               D

A January morning a new day has started undaunted

C                          G

Is it too late now?

C                                   G

Are the words all empty and lost?

C                                              G                                    D                                                                  D7

Is the talking to aliens or is there a chance that your brothers your enemies friend?

C                              G          C                                           G

What have we done? You think you’re the innocent one

C                                   G                                       D                                    D7

But you’re just as guilty as those who decided to sit in the sun – ohhhhh

Guitar break over C G and D7

C                  G       F                     Bb

It takes a man, to make a stand

Eb                       Cm

So why do we fight?

Eb                       Cm

So why do we hide from our fate

F                  Dm                           G

Is it our destiny just to be late?

D                                    C              G                         D

Do you just give in when a door is blocking your path

D                                             C              G                             D

Can you really not read when a sign just won’t make you laugh

D                                           C              G                         D

Will you excuse the scene if it’s not the one you have chosen?

C                                  G            C                         G

The question’s an answer, not rhetoric rhyme

C                           G                                             D                          D7

I can’t see the answer although I can still see all the signs

C                         G        F                                 Bb

A woman or man, the frame in your hand

Eb                    Cm          Eb                 Cm

A picture of green, a picture of green under blue

F                        Dm                                  G

A picture of anything other than you

End

D

Can you see your soul climbing over the hill

Em

Picking up speed on the track

C                                               G

Do you hear a light murmur that might just be red?

C                                                  G

and a cotton wool carpet that might be your bed

C                                                             D                                               G

Or a real estate agent salesman that might have a hole in his head?

instrumental

DCGDCGDCG

D                       G

Is it too late now?

C                                   G

Are the words all empty and lost?

C                                              G                                    D                                                                  D7

Is the talking to aliens or is there a chance that your brothers your enemies friend?

C                              G          C                                           G

What have we done? You think you’re the innocent one

C                                   G                                       D                                    D7

But you’re just as guilty as those who decided to sit in the sun – ohhhhh

Base run down

C                  G       F                     Bb

It takes a man, to make a stand

Eb                       Cm

So why do we fight?

Eb                       Cm

So why do we hide from our fate

F                  Dm                           G

Is it our destiny just to be late?

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