Dark Ages

1 = F#m F#m F#m E 1 1 1 D Darlings are you ready for the long winter's fall? G F said the lady in her parlor Am C 1 1 1 said the butler in the hall. 1 Is there time for another? D cried the drunkard in his sleep. G F Not likely said the little child. Am C 1 F#m F#m F#m D C# 1 What's done the Lord can keep. F#m And the vicar stands a-praying. Em D And the television dies G F as the white dot flickers and is gone Dm A B and no-one stops to cry. A G F C D F G Dark Ages shaking the dead A G F C D F G Closed pages better not read A G F C D F G D B F# F# F# G5 Cold rages burn in your head. Em The big jet rumbles over runway miles D Em C D that scar the patchwork green Em where slick tycoons and rich buffoons D Em C D have opened up the seam A Gsus4 G of golden nights and champagne flights D E ad-man overkill A Gsus4 G and in the haze consumer crazed D B we take the sugar pill. G F Eb Bb C Dark Ages shaking the dead G F Eb Bb C Closed pages better not read G F Eb Bb C Eb F G5 Cold rages burn in your head. Em Jagged fires mark the picket lines D Em C D the politicians weep Em and mealy-mouthed D Em C D through corridors of power on tip-toe creep. A G Come and see bureaucracy D E make its final heave A Gsus4 G and let the new disorder through D B while senses take their leave. G F Eb Bb C Dark Ages shaking the dead G F Eb Bb C Closed pages better not read G F Eb Bb C Eb F G5 Em Cold rages burn in your head. Solo part Em Families screaming line the streets D Em C D and put the windows through Em in corner shops D Em C D where keepers kept the country's life-blood blue. A G Take their pick and try the trick D E with loaves and fishes shared A Gsus4 G and the vicar shouts as the lights go out, D B and no-one really cares. G F Eb Bb C Dark Ages shaking the dead G F Eb Bb C Closed pages better not read G F Eb Bb C Eb F G5 Cold rages burn in your head. 1 D Darlings are you ready for the long winter's fall? G F said the lady in her parlor Am C said the butler in the hall. A G F C D F G Dark Ages shaking the dead A G F C D F G Closed pages better not read A G F C D F G D B F# F# F# D Cold rages burn in your head.