Battle Lines
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Capotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Em7
Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A
[Verse 1]
Em7 A
Know the nation you keep
Em7 A Em7
Identify and feed them their grief
A Em7 A
Cut them off from the people
Em7 A
Take each cell and repeat
Em7 A Em7
Assign their trouble to the unseen
A Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A Em7 Bb
Then protected you'll be
Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A
[Verse 2]
Em7 A
Make dull chaos the rule
Em7 A Em7
Reduce their spirit and you'll find soon
A
They'll be too weak to fight you
Em7 A
(By the will of God our power is total)
Em7 A
Fake a disaster state
Em7 A Cmaj7
The enemy will make itself plain
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 D
For in a world that never takes a form
Bm7 Em7
The battle lines are gone and war is always on
Am7 Bm7 Fmaj7
Somehow, but we are all the soldiers now
[Post-Chorus]
Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A Em7 A
Em7 A Em7
I see blood in my dreams a beaten face
A Em7 A Em7 A
The gas, the streets, a screen
[Solo]
Em7 A Em7 A
Em7 A Em7 A
Cmaj7 D Bm7 Em7
[Chorus]
Am7
So we shall do our mothers proud
Bm7 Fmaj7
If we are all the soldiers now
[Bridge]
Em7
I surrender and I relinquish all my weapons
Em7
We together are terrifying asking a question
Em7
I surrender and I relinquish all my weapons
Em7
We together are terrifying asking a question
[Verse 3]
Em7
I know what I wanna go get and I ain't gonna make it complicated
Em7
We lay down the law in this place
Em7
So you don't need to save us
Em7
I know what I wanna go get and I ain't gonna make it complicated
Em7
We lay down the law in this place
Em7
So you don't need to save-
[Verse 4]
Em7
To save, to save, to save, to save, to save, to save
Em7
And I ain't gonna make it to save
Em7
To save, to save, to save, to save, to save, to save
Em7
And I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
Em7
To save, to save, to save
[Verse 5]
Em7
For you and I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
Em7
To save, to save, to save
Em7
For you and I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
Em7
Do our terrifying to the unseen
Em7
To save, to save, to save
[Verse 6]
Em7
For you and I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
Em7
Do our terrifying to the unseen
Em7
The lines are gone now, to save, to save, to save
Em7
For you and I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
Em7
Do our terrifying to the unseen
Em7
The lines are gone now and I ain't gonna 'quish all my weapons
[Bridge]
Em7
Do our terrifying to the unseen
Em7
The line, relinquish all my weapons
Em7
Do our terrifying to the unseen
Em7
The lines are gone now, do our terrifying-
[Outro]
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
E G F# A
E G F# A G
How to play Battle Lines
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em7. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.