Hey,this is a simplified version for acoustic guitars.I think this song can also be
with chords on accoustic guitar. I'm using a D-Tuning, but it might also be okay
in standard tuning.
Notice: In Verse it also might sound good to play G5 and F#5 instead of G an F#
Enjoy it.
Verse:
E5 G F# E5
When our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow
E5 G F# E5
And when our summers grow longer and winters won't snow
C A
From the banks of the ocean and the ice in the hills
E5 B
To the fight in the desert where progress stands still
C A
When we've lost our will
Chorus:
E5
That's how we'll know
G A E5
This is not a test, oh no
G A
This is cardiac arrest
E5 G A
Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes
E5 G A E5
We're crashing into the ground as we all fall from grace
Verse:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rise_against/collapse_crd.html ]
E5 G F# E5
When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke
E5 G F#
E5
When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes
C A
When your home on the range has been torn down and paved and
E5 B
The buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave
C A
What more will it take
Chorus:
E5
For us to know
G A E5
This is not a test, oh no
G A
This is cardiac arrest
E5 G A
Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes
E5 G A E5
Kissing the ground as we all fall from grace
Bridge:
E5 C A
This is a chance to set things straight
E5 C A
To bend or break the rules back into place
E5 C A
There is no middle ground, no compromise, we've drawn the line
E5 C A
With perfect aim, we stand back and throw
E5 C A
Glass windows break and it's all about to blow
E5 C A
Lights go out as we pass the torch again
G D B C
In hope that it stays lit
solo
C A
Neutrality means that you don't really care
E5 B
Cause the struggle goes on even when you're not there
C A
Blind and unaware
chorus:
E5
That's how we'll know
G A E5
This is not a test, oh no
G A
This is cardiac arrest
E5 G A
Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes
E5 G A
E5
We're crashing into the ground as we all, yeah we all, all fall from grace
