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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 11:49:23 +0200
@Song-Name: Aimless Desire
@Artist-Name:  New Model Army
@Transcribers-Name: Juergen Bohn
Juergen Bohn
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Aimless Desire / New Model Army (Strange Brotherhood)
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[Intro]
|: G Em :| (guitar, effects)
[Bridge]
|   G   Em|   Bb   Em|
[Verse 1]
 GI was working shift on the Emsix o'clock, Bbquiet in the pale Emdawn.
 GFound a bird caught in the macEmhinery -
 set it Bbfree and watched it Emgo . . .
GQuit the job that Emvery day, and Bbflew into the Csky
just Dfollowing after this Emaimless Ddesire,
the Emawful Ddesire, the Emaimless Ddesire, Emworthless Ddesire...
[Verse 2]
Now I've found causes and I've found families,
but nothing ever lasts;
I've known people I'd die for - if only they had asked.
Where I'm from is not my home, and neither's where I'm bound;
Just following after this aimless desire - worthless desire . . .
[Verse 3]
So tonight, beneath the bridge where the fires burn,
God . . . take the freedom back, deliver me
from the aimless desire, the worthless desire . . .
And chimera she waits, and I have still got this hole in me;
still got this hole inside of me . . .

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Aimless Desire

by New Model Army

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 11:49:23 +0200

@Song-Name: Aimless Desire

@Artist-Name: New Model Army

@Transcribers-Name: Juergen Bohn

Juergen Bohn

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Aimless Desire / New Model Army (Strange Brotherhood)

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[Intro]

|: G Em :| (guitar, effects)

[Bridge]

G Em Bb Em

| | |

[Verse 1]

G Em Bb Em

I was working shift on the six o'clock, quiet in the pale dawn.

G Em

Found a bird caught in the machinery -

Bb Em

set it free and watched it go . . .

G Em Bb C

Quit the job that very day, and flew into the sky

D Em D

just following after this aimless desire,

Em D Em D Em D

the awful desire, the aimless desire, worthless desire...

[Verse 2]

Now I've found causes and I've found families,

but nothing ever lasts;

I've known people I'd die for - if only they had asked.

Where I'm from is not my home, and neither's where I'm bound;

Just following after this aimless desire - worthless desire . . .

[Verse 3]

So tonight, beneath the bridge where the fires burn,

God . . . take the freedom back, deliver me

from the aimless desire, the worthless desire . . .

And chimera she waits, and I have still got this hole in me;

still got this hole inside of me . . .

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