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Ebminor

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Hey, this is a piano song, so it sounds much better when played on piano, BUT if 
you don't have a piano and you wanna play it on your guitar these are the chords. 
(If someone has any suggestions, let me know)
Verse 1: 
A#mWhat have we done, wheC#re do we want to go?F#m  
The city sleeps foreverG#m  
A#mIt slithers C#away as we speakF#m  
And we tell ourselves to dG#meny itA#m  G#m  
Chorus:
G#mTheir liC#es doF#mminatG#me our A#minneG#mr eyes
F#mWhile the souG#mnds of laughter shake our A#mdying G#mearthF#m  G#m  
Verse 2
Bridge:
C#HumilitF#my it's cG#mreation
Altruism and freedomA#m  
F#mRethink C#traditioF#mns at lC#ast
C#Let this be our manifest
Chorus

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Altruism

by Deadlock

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A#m

F#m

G#m

Hey, this is a piano song, so it sounds much better when played on piano, BUT if

you don't have a piano and you wanna play it on your guitar these are the chords.

(If someone has any suggestions, let me know)

Verse 1:

A#m C# F#m

What have we done, where do we want to go?

G#m

The city sleeps forever

A#m C# F#m

It slithers away as we speak

G#m A#m G#m

And we tell ourselves to deny it

Chorus:

G#m C# F#m G#m A#m G#m

Their lies dominate our inner eyes

F#m G#m A#m G#m F#m G#m

While the sounds of laughter shake our dying earth

Verse 2

Bridge:

C# F#m G#m

Humility it's creation

A#m

Altruism and freedom

F#m C# F#m C#

Rethink traditions at last

Let this be our manifest

Chorus

About Altruism Chords by Deadlock

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