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Version 1Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus --------- ------------- --------- G 32000x D xx023x D xx023x C x3201x G 32000x G 32000x C x3201x C x3201x Cmaj7 x3200x Capo 4th fret [Intro] Guitar 1: G G e|-------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------| | B|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| | G|---------------0h2p0----0h2p0--------------| G|---------------0h2p0----0h2p0--------------| | D|----------0h2-----------------0h2p0--------|x2 D|----------0h2-----------------0h2p0--------|x2 | A|-----0h2----------------------------0h2p0--| A|-----0h2----------------------------0h2p0--| | E|--3----------------------------------------| E|--3----------------------------------------| | | Guitar 2: | x2 G C | e|-------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------| | B|-------------------------------------------| B|---------------0h1p0----0h1p0--------------| | G|---------------0h2p0----0h2p0--------------| G|----------0h2-----------------0h2p0--------| | D|----------0h2-----------------0h2p0--------|x2 D|-----0h2----------------------------0h2p0--|x2 | A|-----0h2----------------------------0h2p0--| A|--3----------------------------------------| | E|--3----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| | h = hammer-on p = pull-off [Verse 1] G We took a vow in summertime C Now we find ourselves in late December G I believe that New Year's Eve will be the perfect time C For their great surrender, but they don't remember [Pre-Chorus 1] D G C Cmaj7 Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing D G C Cmaj7 Singers harmonize, till they can't hear anything D G C Cmaj7 I thought that I was free, from all that questioning D G C But every time a problem ends, another one begins [Chorus 1] D G C And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness D G C Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight D G C Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die D G C Ooh-ooh oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C Ooooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-oooh D G C Oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die [Verse 2] G Within the halls of power lies C A nervous heart that beats like a Young Pretender's G Beneath these velvet gloves I hide C The shameful crooked ends of a moneylender, 'cause I still remember [Pre-Chorus 2] D G C Cmaj7 Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing D G C Cmaj7 Singers harmonize, till they can't hear anything D G C Cmaj7 Thought that I was free, from all that questioning D G C But every time a problem ends, another one begins [Chorus 2] D G C And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness D G C Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight D G C Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die D G C Ooh-ooh oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C Ooooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-oooh D G C Oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die D G C x4 [Chorus 3] D G C And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness D G C Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight D G C Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die D G C x4 [Outro] D G C Ooh-ooh oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C Ooooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-oooh D G C Oooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ooh-ooh D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die D G C And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness D G C Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight D G C Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified D G C I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die G C G C