LAST TO DIE
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We took the highway till the road went black
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We marked Truth or Consequences on our map
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A voice drifted up from the radio
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Some other voice from long ago
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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
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The last to die for a mistake
D Em
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
D Em
Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake
Riff (1x)
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The kid's asleep in the back seat
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We're just counting the miles you and me
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We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore
Em
We just stack the bodies outside the door
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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
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The last to die for a mistake
D Em
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
D Am
Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake
(Am) Em D
The wise men were all fools. What to do?
Riff (2x)
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C Em (note variation in chord under the riff)
B Em
The sun it sets in flames as the city burns
B C
Another day gone down as the night turns
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And I hold you here in my heart
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As things fall a-part
C Bm
A downtown window flushed with life
C Bm
Faces of the dead at five
C Bm
Her martyr's silent eyes
Em
Petition the drivers as we pass by
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
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The last to die for a mistake
D Em
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
D
Who'll be the last to die . . .
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
G D
The last to die for a mistake
D Em
Darling your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate
G D
Strung up at your city gates
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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
Riff (2x)
C Bm
C Em (again variation)
Coda
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