Capo 2 (For original key without capo, click up 2x on the transpose button on the left)
A
Oh, sweet thing,
D
Zion doesn't love you
E
And Babylon don't love you
A
But you love everything
A
Oh, you saint
D
America don't love you
E
So I could never love you
A
In spite of everything
C#m F#m
In the dark of this place, there's the glow of your face,
Bm A E
There's the dust on the screen, of this broken machine,
Bm A/C# E/G#
And I can't help but feel, that I made some mistake,
Bm A/C# E/G#
But I let it go, Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Ya Hey
D
Through the fire and through the flames
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D
You won't even say your name
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D D/C# E
Through the fire and through the flames, you won't even say your name,
A D
Only I am that I am
D
But who could ever live that way?
E A D A
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey)
A
Oh,
D
The motherland don't love you
E
The fatherland don't love you
A
So why love anything?
A
Oh, good God,
D
The faithless, they don't love you
E
The zealous hearts don't love you
A
And that's not gonna change
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C#m F#m
All the cameras and files, all the paranoid styles
Bm A E
All the tension and fear, of a secret career
Bm A/C# E/G#
And I can't help but feel, that you see the mistakes
Bm A/C# E/G#
But you let it go, Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Ya Hey
D
Through the fire and through the flames
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D
You won't even say your name
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D D/C# E
Through the heart and through the flames, you won't even say your name,
A D
You say I am that I am.
D
But who could ever live that way?
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey)
A
Outside the tents, on the festival grounds
D
As the air began to cool, and the sun went down
E
My soul swooned, as I faintly heard the sound
E/G#
Of you spinning "Israelites" into "19th Nervous Breakdown"
D
Through the fire and through the flames
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D
You won't even say your name
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-O Hey, Ya Hey)
D D/C# E
Through the fire and through the flames, you won't even say your name,
A D
Only I am what I am.
D
But who could ever live that way?
E A D
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey)
D D/C# E
Through the fire and through the flames, you won't even say your name,
A D
Only I am that I am.
D
But who could ever live that way?
E A D A
(Ya Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey, Yo De-o Hey, Ya Hey)
