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Beguile The Time

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Regular Tuning:
Intro: 
 G   C   G   C   G   C  C?
Verse I:
If GI could stay mad enough Dmaybe I'd leave 
but you Ghave to understand this runs Ctwenty-two years deep. 
Everyone wants it all. GEveryone needs a place. 
CYou can destroy or Dyou can create. 
All GI know is all that DI know 
and GI know we all just beCguile the time. 
But it all catches up and it's Gall so fucked up. 
And Conly time will Dtell. 
Chorus:
GOhD, how it Cechoes. 
GOhD, when it Cechoes.
It Ghits like a ton of Dfeathers, when it Cechoes.
Bridge: Same as chorus
Verse II:
Common Gground can't be Dfound 
from aGtop a hill looking down. CLook around. 
Take me to sleep. C'mon Gput me to weep. 
Can't you Csee that you've given your Dsouls up for keeps? 
Chorus:
Bridge:
Yeah but it Call catches up and it's Gall so fucked up.
CTake me to sleep. C'mon Gput me to weep. 
Can't you Csee that you've given your Gsouls up for keeps? 
And Conly time will Dtell.
 CWe send in poor Dpeople to Gfight other poor Epeople. 
 CWe send in our Dbrothers and sisters 
and Gdaughters and sons. There is no Edifference. 
 CWe send in to Dkill 
while we Gsit on our asses and Ewatch green screens infotain Call day long. 
It hits like a ton of Dfeathers, when it Gechoes.
C?
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A|-3-
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Beguile The Time

by Catch 22

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Regular Tuning:

Intro:

G C G C G C C

Verse I:

G D

If I could stay mad enough maybe I'd leave

G C

but you have to understand this runs twenty-two years deep.

Everyone wants it all. Everyone needs a place.

C D

You can destroy or you can create.

G D

All I know is all that I know

G C

and I know we all just beguile the time.

But it all catches up and it's all so fucked up.

C D

And only time will tell.

Chorus:

G D C

Oh, how it echoes.

G D C

Oh, when it echoes.

G D C

It hits like a ton of feathers, when it echoes.

Bridge: Same as chorus

Verse II:

G D

Common ground can't be found

G C

from atop a hill looking down. Look around.

Take me to sleep. C'mon put me to weep.

C D

Can't you see that you've given your souls up for keeps?

Chorus:

Bridge:

C G

Yeah but it all catches up and it's all so fucked up.

C G

Take me to sleep. C'mon put me to weep.

C G

Can't you see that you've given your souls up for keeps?

C D

And only time will tell.

C D G E

We send in poor people to fight other poor people.

C D

We send in our brothers and sisters

G E

and daughters and sons. There is no difference.

C D

We send in to kill

G E C

while we sit on our asses and watch green screens infotain all day long.

D G

It hits like a ton of feathers, when it echoes.

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