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Tuning: Half step down
[Intro]
A G A G
[Verse 1]
The Abeast behind our eyes is loose
The Aday has come, the day has come
We Amarch to Armageddon, Ghungry for the war
I Asee the hated enemy
I Asee what I was taught to see
And Aone of us will bend the knee, we Gunderstand the law
The Ablood lust jerks our legs to march
AFife and drum, fife and drum
Our Aeyes are fixed and fearless, Gsearching for the war
Our Astatesmen deal in blood and lies
One Ahundred million stifled cries
One Ahundred million wasted lives Galready gone before
[Chorus]
So Dmarch or Adie, Dmarch or Adie
DThe stench of Adeath is Din the Asky
DWe never Afail to DsatiAsfy
EWe rend with tooth and claw
[Interlude]
A
[Verse 2]
ASword and shield and jackboot heel
AWe love to kill, we love to kill
AWe love to taste of our own blood, Gsquirm our own gore
AChildren weep and widows wail
AOur education systems fail
ATo hide our guilt we build more jails, and Gwe shall build still more
AOur forests die, the stranglehold
AThat we put on the Earth for gold
AWill yet increase ten thousand fold and Gno one knows what for
[Chorus]
DMarch and Adie, Dmarch and Adie
DDefeAcate, Ddespoil and Alie
DCheat, Adissemble, Dpreach and Aspy
EBuild your house of straw
DLaugh and Acry, Dlaugh Aand cry
DBloody Asunset Ddrowns the Asky
For DEarth the Aheal then Dwe must Adie
No-Eone deserves it more
[Verse 3]
I Atell you we are doomed, my friends
Our Atime is come, our time is come
We Alive within a charnel house, Grotten to the core
AWe glorify lust, greed and pain
AWe drown our hope in poison rain
AWe point the finger, shift the blame, Gambition makes us whores
[Chorus]
DMarch or Acroak, Dmarch or Acroak
DAll your Alives, a Dcosmic Ajoke
DFill your Adays with Dpiss and Asmoke
EThe wolf waits at your door
DBurn and Adance, Dburn and Adance
DSex, death, Atorture, Dfalse roAmance
DWhoop and Ahowl, you Dhave no Achance
EBurn and rise no more
EBurn and rise no more
[Outro]
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die
EDie, die, die, die

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March Or Die

by Motörhead

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: Half step down

[Intro]

A G A G

[Verse 1]

The beast behind our eyes is loose

The day has come, the day has come

A G

We march to Armageddon, hungry for the war

I see the hated enemy

I see what I was taught to see

A G

And one of us will bend the knee, we understand the law

The blood lust jerks our legs to march

Fife and drum, fife and drum

A G

Our eyes are fixed and fearless, searching for the war

Our statesmen deal in blood and lies

One hundred million stifled cries

A G

One hundred million wasted lives already gone before

[Chorus]

D A D A

So march or die, march or die

D A D A

The stench of death is in the sky

D A D A

We never fail to satisfy

We rend with tooth and claw

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Sword and shield and jackboot heel

We love to kill, we love to kill

A G

We love to taste of our own blood, squirm our own gore

Children weep and widows wail

Our education systems fail

A G

To hide our guilt we build more jails, and we shall build still more

Our forests die, the stranglehold

That we put on the Earth for gold

A G

Will yet increase ten thousand fold and no one knows what for

[Chorus]

D A D A

March and die, march and die

D A D A

Defecate, despoil and lie

D A D A

Cheat, dissemble, preach and spy

Build your house of straw

D A D A

Laugh and cry, laugh and cry

D A D A

Bloody sunset drowns the sky

D A D A

For Earth the heal then we must die

No-one deserves it more

[Verse 3]

I tell you we are doomed, my friends

Our time is come, our time is come

A G

We live within a charnel house, rotten to the core

We glorify lust, greed and pain

We drown our hope in poison rain

A G

We point the finger, shift the blame, ambition makes us whores

[Chorus]

D A D A

March or croak, march or croak

D A D A

All your lives, a cosmic joke

D A D A

Fill your days with piss and smoke

The wolf waits at your door

D A D A

Burn and dance, burn and dance

D A D A

Sex, death, torture, false romance

D A D A

Whoop and howl, you have no chance

Burn and rise no more

[Outro]

Die, die, die, die

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