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Tuning: D Standard
VERSE
EmI met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of Cstone
Stand in the desert. EmNear them on the sand
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And Cwrinkled lip and Amsneer of cold command...
CHORUS
G"Nothing beside reD/F#mains. Round the deCcay
Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) Gboundless and bare,
The D/F#lone and level sands stretch Cfar away."
EmNothing left, there's D/F#nothing left, there's Emnothing.
VERSE 2
...EmTell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet surCvive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The Emhand that mocked them and the heart that 
And Con the pedestal these words appear:
G'My name is OzyD/F#mandias, CKing of Kings:
Look Gon my works, D/F#ye mighty, and desCpair!'Em  D/F#  
CHORUS 2
GNothing beside reD/F#mains. Round the deCcay
Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) Gboundless and bare,
The D/F#lone and level sands stretch Cfar away."
EmNothing left, there's D/F#nothing left,
EmNothing left, there's D/F#nothing left,
EmNothing left, there's D/F#nothing left at Gall.
[Excerpt from The Network] 
GWe know the air is unfit to Gbreathe and our food Dis unfit to eat,C  
and we sit watching our TV's while some locaCl newscaster tells us that
Asus4today we had fifteen G  
[Repeat riff]
homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be.
We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy.
It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore.
We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller,
and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.
Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.
Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad!
You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!'
I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,
'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'
CHORUS 3
GNothing beside reD/F#mains. Round the deCcay
Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) Gboundless and bare,
The D/F#lone and level sands stretch Cfar away." (boundless and bare)
GNothing left (boundless and bare) D/F#Nothing left,
The lone and level Csands stretch far away."
The Glone and level D/F#sands stretch far Caway."
NOTES:
a) This version is in the key of the original recording,
b) I transcribed this by ear and some chords may be slightly off,

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Ozymandias

by The Shell Corporation

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D/F#

Asus4

Tuning: D Standard

VERSE

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

C Am

And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command...

CHORUS

G D/F# C

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) boundless and bare,

D/F# C

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Em D/F# Em

Nothing left, there's nothing left, there's nothing.

VERSE 2

...Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that

And on the pedestal these words appear:

G D/F# C

'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:

G D/F# C Em D/F#

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'

CHORUS 2

G D/F# C

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) boundless and bare,

D/F# C

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Em D/F#

Nothing left, there's nothing left,

Em D/F#

Nothing left, there's nothing left,

Em D/F# G

Nothing left, there's nothing left at all.

[Excerpt from The Network]

G G D C

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat,

and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that

Asus4 G

today we had fifteen

[Repeat riff]

homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be.

We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy.

It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore.

We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller,

and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.

Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.

Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad!

You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!'

I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,

'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'

CHORUS 3

G D/F# C

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, (boundless and bare) boundless and bare,

D/F# C

The lone and level sands stretch far away." (boundless and bare)

G D/F#

Nothing left (boundless and bare) Nothing left,

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

G D/F# C

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

NOTES:

a) This version is in the key of the original recording,

b) I transcribed this by ear and some chords may be slightly off,

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