Intro: lead guitar (play twice)E---------------------------------------------------------------------------B--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1----------1-1-1-1-------------------------------G----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3----------------D----------------------------------------------------1-----3--5-------------A------------------------------------------------------3---1--5-------------E-------------------------------------------------------------3---(p.s.)---- 2nd guitar: C Gsharp C C Gsharp C C Gsharp C Bflat G (p.s.)
Verse I:
C Gsharp C
Come and see the brilliant lights
Don't let your emotions mask your sight
It's a manifestation of a deeper fight
Bflat G
That effects me and you
C Gsharp C
My optimism was running high
A new world order was on my mind
But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say
Bflat G
They're throwing it away . . . (highG)
Chorus I:
Eflat Bflat c Bflat C
And the fertile crescent is burning today
Eflat Bflat F highG
And baby my emotions are too
Eflat Bflat C Bflat C
The cradle of humanity has led us all astray
Gsharp Bflat G
and we're all in this together don't you know
Gharp Bflat
cause our species has nowhere else to go.
Verse II:
Aggression rears its ugly head, retaliation brings further dread
the two are linked by unseen threads that wind back through time
I don't agree with this out-dated trend, nationalism's but an evil friend
Hatred's instilled by invisible lines drawn in our minds
Chorus II:
And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today
And baby our instincts are too
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
And I think we all should heed it don't you know,
Cause we don't know where else to go.
Solo:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------B--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9--------------G----------------3-1-0-0-1-0------------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(B)----------D----------------------------3----------------------------------------------A---------------------------------------------------------------------------E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------11--11-10--------------------------------------------B---------------------------------------------------------------------------G---5---5-5---8---8-8-------------------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------------------------------------A----------------------------------------------------------------------------E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus III:
And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today
And baby our instincts are too
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
And I think we all should heed it don't you know
Cause we've got nowhere else to go.
Chords: All chords are barre chords. "highG" = ----------------- --8-------------- --7----or----12-- --5----------12-- -------------10-- -----------------
In the intro, (p.s.) = pick slide.
In the solo, (b) = bend.
ENJOY. --GEOFF.
