American Babylon

{name: Intro} Dm-C 4x Dm C A thousand bloody hand prints stain the walls of liberty, Dm C Dm a stranger hides in dreams denied, awaiting his release. C I've seen this picture before. Dm C I never thought that we would end up here. Dm C When fascism comes as an angel of light Dm C Dm its license parading as tyranny drives forth its son. Bb-Gm-Ebmaj7-Dm-Bb-Gm-Ebmaj7 Dm C The son of morning dominating fears, afflicting fallen men. Dm C Dm His body highly organized; it's coming into prominence C to bear its ominious warnings. Dm C It's in your blood to comprehend its origin, Dm C for those who refuse to remember the past are Dm condemned to repeat it, C Dm the first and the last, dust to dust... Bb-Gm-Ebmaj7-Dm-Bb-Gm-A Dm Bb F C History is his story Gm Dm and life is laughing at its peril. F C Dm Building towers that come forth in men, F C Dm Shifting powers consuming us within, F C A they will puzzle the apostles till the end. Dm A Bb C F C Dm Enter into the silence, into the dying life of America, C Bb A Dm the brave, the slave, the grave. C-Dm-C Dm-A-Bb-Gm-A-F-Bb-A 2x Dm A Bb Gm The shattered pigs dying as primitive savages, A F Bb A eating their flesh, they will lie rotting in dirt, Dm A Bb Gm while a stranger among you has challenged the course A F Bb A of inhuman existence and alien forces. Dm A Bb Gm The birth of a black prince is setting the stage A F Bb A in its thriving dissension, exalting his rank, Dm A Bb Gm and the innocent man will fall victim to hands in the A F Bb A trial of the truth and its twisted reversal. Dm A Bb Gm The union of factions bleeds shock to the system, A F Bb A for civilization has ended today. Dm A Bb Gm The transitional nature of acts and society A F Bb A climbs in its place while its face re-creates Dm Bb F C until your god is dead. Gm Enlighten me with your pale statues, Dm face of inhibition, Bb F C Gm and until your reign has ended, frighten me with your Dm stale-taste-tongue of inquisition. F C Dm F In your eyes I will come forth in men with no justice, C Dm no order to defend, F C A and the stone will be cast again.. Dm A Bb C F C Dm Enter into the fire, into the bloody gates of America, C Bb A Dm C the great, the fate, the late. Dm-C