INTRO :
A F
VERSE 1 :
Bbm Ab
There's a graveyard by the station where the girls
Gb
Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from Hungary
Bbm Ab
The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the little hills
Gb
And selfish and greed, the kids die standing
Bbm Ab
That's where we made our tryst and struggled with our guns
Gb
Would you still love me if the clocks could go backwards?
Bbm Ab
The girls would fill with blood, and the grass will be green again
Gb
Remember the dead, they were so great, some of them
CHORUS 1 :
Gb Ab Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Gb Ab Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
(GUITAR SOLO 1)
Bbm Ab Gb Gb
Bbm Ab Gb Gb
VERSE 2 :
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Bbm Ab
Well I lived a blind life, a white face, a prison
Gb
That you made, a life out of nothing, now I ride by
Bbm Ab Gb
Black roads. I miss you more than you'll never, ever know
Waiting with my red eyes and my stone heart
CHORUS 2 :
Gb Ab Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Gb Ab Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
BRIDGE :
E G D E
I gaze in defeat at the stars in the night
G D
The light in my life burnt away
Ab G
There will be no tomorrow,
Gb F
Then you sigh in your sleep
A Ab D
And meaning returns with the day
On A string : 5-4-3-2-
(GUITAR SOLO 2)
Gb Ab Bbm Bbm
Gb Ab On A string : 8----10----11----10----
CHORUS 3 :
Gb Ab Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
OUTRO :
A F
A F
A F
A F (until fade out)
