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Band: Operation Ivy
Song: The Crowd
Album: Energy (1989)
Tuning: Standart  E   A   D   G   B  E  
 |  Chords             | 
 |     F#m      D      A    E|   Bridge                    2x   |
e|---2----2----0----0--|----------------------------------|
B|---2----3----2----0--|----------------------------------|
G|---2----2----2----1--|---111111-9-777-9-------9999999---|
D|---4----0----2----2--|---111111-9-777-9-77777-9999999---|
A|---4---------0----2--|---9-9-9--7-555-7-77777-7777777---|
E|---2--------------0--|------------------55555-----------|
Intro:  F#m   D   A   E- Bridge
  F#mWrenched into the world - Ddeanesthetized
  ABlurry images fight their way throEugh halway opened eyes
  F#mAwakened by alarm - Dfifteen minutes of hygiene
  ATwenty minutes of eating - Ethirty seconds to the door
  F#mI looked outside - I Dlooked into the eyes
  AOf the impersonal mob IE've seen a thousand times before
  F#mFeeling under covers like Dbooks on a shelf
  AIf we're scared of one another
  EMust be scared of ourself
 F#mMoooDore than Ajust another Ecrowd (4x)
 F#mwe need a gathering instead
 - Bridge - 
  F#mDrink drink in the badland - Dliquid bread for the poor
  AAnother member of the crowd goes down to Edrown at the liquor store
  F#mChoose your escape in Dthe heartland
  AOf products and Edemand
  F#mWhen you feel like a Dwasp in the swarm
  AYou gotta get away any way Ethat you can
 F#mMoooDore than Ajust another Ecrowd (4x)
 F#mwe need a gathering instead
 - Bridge - 
 F#mMoooDore than Ajust another Ecrowd (4x)
 F#mwe need a gathering instead

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The Crowd

by Operation Ivy

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F#m

Band: Operation Ivy

Song: The Crowd

Album: Energy (1989)

E A D G B E

Tuning: Standart

| Chords |

F#m D A E

| | Bridge 2x |

e|---2----2----0----0--|----------------------------------|

B|---2----3----2----0--|----------------------------------|

G|---2----2----2----1--|---111111-9-777-9-------9999999---|

D|---4----0----2----2--|---111111-9-777-9-77777-9999999---|

A|---4---------0----2--|---9-9-9--7-555-7-77777-7777777---|

E|---2--------------0--|------------------55555-----------|

F#m D A E

Intro: - Bridge

F#m D

Wrenched into the world - deanesthetized

A E

Blurry images fight their way through halway opened eyes

F#m D

Awakened by alarm - fifteen minutes of hygiene

A E

Twenty minutes of eating - thirty seconds to the door

F#m D

I looked outside - I looked into the eyes

A E

Of the impersonal mob I've seen a thousand times before

F#m D

Feeling under covers like books on a shelf

If we're scared of one another

Must be scared of ourself

F#m D A E

Moooore than just another crowd (4x)

F#m

we need a gathering instead

- Bridge -

F#m D

Drink drink in the badland - liquid bread for the poor

A E

Another member of the crowd goes down to drown at the liquor store

F#m D

Choose your escape in the heartland

A E

Of products and demand

F#m D

When you feel like a wasp in the swarm

A E

You gotta get away any way that you can

F#m D A E

Moooore than just another crowd (4x)

F#m

we need a gathering instead

- Bridge -

F#m D A E

Moooore than just another crowd (4x)

F#m

we need a gathering instead

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