Graffiti The World
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse]
Bm
You know they say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
A
So vengeful, and mother Earth has been done wrong
E
And I think she sick, yo, she's pukin' up lava
E
Her nerves tremble along fault lines ready to drop
Bm
An entire city of filth that's been forced upon her
A
We built these towers of Babylon and feel remorse for nadda
E
The momma divorced the father, the children are dropping bottles
E
The rich get richer, poverty's hot under the collar
Bm
Takin' prayer out of schools and we tryin' to raise scholars
A
Creationism versus the theory of evolution
E
Air, water and mind, body and soul pollution
E
Kids steppin' on landmines, from wars we all losin'
Bm
We chasin' false idols and racin' from our bibles
A
The golden rule, the youth are becoming more suicidal
E
Who teachers 'em, you and I do, no wonder they wanna fight you
E
Raised by hipocrits you've been lied to
[Chorus]
Bm A
Graffiti the land with skyscrapers
G A
Graffiti the sky with airplanes and satellites
Bm A
Graffiti the mind of children with your manmade laws
G A E
Graffiti the world, I saw the writing on the wall
E
[Verse]
Bm
We got ABC, NBC, MTV, TNT
A
The BBC, DVD, VHS, DSL
E
A&E, XTC, MP3, SEC
E
THC, NRA, JOB, ADD
Bm
The fight for free speech, lack of responsibility
A
Seizin' positions of power, Internet pornography
E
Guns in the home for fear that the next knock at the door
E
Could be death, the terrorists are in the White House and overseas
Bm
Racists, seperatists, vicious, malicious
A
Buddhists, the Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians
E
Could it be our biggest barrier is language
E
Or is oil that important that one would inflict anguish
Bm
So cars could deplete the ozone on highways
A
That stretch across the land where Indians once raised
E
Families, we're in denial, the world is afraid
E
And you say there's no more slaves
[Chorus]
Bm A
Graffiti the land with skyscrapers
G A
Graffiti the sky with airplanes and satellites
Bm A
Graffiti the mind of children with your manmade laws
G A E
Graffiti the world, I saw the writing on the wall
[Bridge]
Bm
We're addicted to planes, trains and automobiles
A
We're addicted to addiction, we dig living in fiction
E
For money, power, respect, the army gotta go kill
E
They under contract, so let the blood spill
Bm
It's sorta morbid, ain't it, the picture that I just painted
A
It's an epiphany I had, I realised just how tainted
E
I think it really is, while in New York I saw
A teenager being arrested for taggin' a fuckin' wall
[Chorus]
Bm A
Graffiti the land with skyscrapers
G A
Graffiti the sky with airplanes and satellites
Bm A
Graffiti the mind of children with your manmade laws
G A E
Graffiti the world, I saw the writing on the wall
Bm A
Graffiti the land with skyscrapers
G A
Graffiti the sky with airplanes and satellites
Bm A
Graffiti the mind of children with your manmade laws
G A E
Graffiti the world, I saw the writing on the wall
How to play Graffiti The World
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