Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus -- barre chords to match recording
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[C] x355xx [F] 1332xx [Am] 5775xx
[F] 1332xx [G] 3554xx [C] x3555x
[Am] 57755x [G#dim] 4564xx [F] 1332xx
[G] 3554xx [Am] 5775xx [G] 3554xx
Intro
[C] [F] [Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------5--|--------------------------------------|
G|---------5--------2--------5-----|--------5--------2--------5--------4--|
D|------5--------3--------7--------|-----5--------3--------7--------5-----| x2
A|---3-----------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|
E|------------1--------5-----------|-----------1--------5--------3--------|
Verse 1
[C] [F] [Am]
If war is holy
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
And sex is obscene
[C] [F] [Am]
We’ve got it twisted
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
In this lucid dream
[C] [F] [Am]
Baptized in boundaries
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Schooled in sin
[C] [F] [Am]
Divided by difference
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Sexuality and skin
Pre-Chorus 1
[F]
Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other
[G]
We can build these walls between each other
[G#dim]
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
[Am]
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in
[F]
Yeah, we can hate each other and fear each other
[G]
We can build these walls between each other
[G#dim]
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
[Am]
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked
Chorus 1
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
Oh-oh, maybe we should love somebody
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
Oh-oh, maybe we could care a little more
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
So, maybe we should love somebody
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
Verse 2
[C] [F] [Am]
What if sex was holy
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
And war was obscene
[C] [F] [Am]
And it wasn't twisted
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
What a wonderful dream
[C] [F] [Am]
Living for love
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Unafraid of the end
[C] [F] [Am]
Forgiveness is the only
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Real revenge
Pre-Chorus 2
[F]
Oh, so we can heal each other and fill each other
[G]
We can break these walls between each other
[G#dim]
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
[Am]
Keep yourself open, yourself open
[F]
Yeah, we can heal each other and fill each other
[G]
We can break these walls between each other
[G#dim]
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
[Am]
Keep yourself open, yourself open
Chorus 2
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
So, maybe we should love somebody
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
Yeah, maybe we could care a little more
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
So, maybe we should love somebody
[Am] [C] [F] [Am] [G]
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
Verse 3
[C] [F] [Am]
What if love is holy
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
And hate obscene
[C] [F] [Am]
We should give life
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
To this beautiful dream
[C] [F] [Am]
Cause peace and love
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Ain't so far
[C] [F] [Am]
If we nurse our wounds
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Before they scar
[C] [F] [Am]
Nurse our wounds
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Before they scar
Outro
[C] [F] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Hmm, hmm, hmm
[C] [F] [Am]
Hmm, hmm, hmm
[C] [F] [Am] [G]
Hmm, hmm, hmm
[C] [F] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am]
