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We Can Run

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[Intro]
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 1]
We don't Aown this place, though we Eact as if we did,
It's a Dloan from the children of our Echildren's kids.
The Bmactual owners haven't even been Aborn yet.
[Verse 2]
But we Anever tend the garden and Erarely we pay the rent,
DMost of it is broken and the Erest of it is bent
Put it Bmall on plastic and I wonder where we'll be when the Abills hit.
[Chorus]
We can Arun, but we can't Ehide from it.
Of all Dpossible worlds, we Eonly got one:
We gotta to Aride on it.
Whatever we've Adone, we'll never get far from Ewhat we leave behind,
Baby, we can F#mrun, run, run, but we can't Dhide.
[Verse 3]
I'm Adumpin' my trash in Eyour back yard
Makin' Dcertain you don't notice really Eisn't so hard
You're so Bmbusy with your guns and all of your excuses to Ause them.
[Verse 4]
Well, it's Aoil for the rich and Ebabies for the poor,
We got Deveryone believin' that Emore is more,
If a Bmreckoning comes, maybe we will know what to Ado then.
[Chorus]
We can Arun, but we can't Ehide from it.
Of all Dpossible worlds, we Eonly got one:
We gotta to Aride on it.
Whatever we've Adone, we'll never get far from Ewhat we leave behind,
Baby, we can F#mrun, run, run, but we can't Dhide.
Oh Eno, we can't Ahide.
[Bridge]
F#mAll these compliEcations seem to Dleave no choice,
I F#mheard the tongues of Ebillions speak with Djust one voice,
Saying, "F#mJust leave all the Erest to me,
I Dneed it worse than C#myou, you see."
And Bmthen I heard...
N.C.
The sound of one child crying.
[Interlude]
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 5]
ToAday I went walking in the Eamber wind,
There's a Dhole in the sky where the Elight pours in
I reBmmembered the days when I wasn't afraid of the Asunshine.
[Verse 6]
But Anow it beats down on the Easphalt land
Like a Dhammering blow from EGod's left hand
What Bmlittle still grows cringes in the Ashade like a bad vine.
[Chorus]
We can Arun, but we can't Ehide from it.
Of all Dpossible worlds, we Eonly got one:
We gotta to Aride on it.
Whatever we've Adone, we'll never get far from Ewhat we leave behind,
Baby, we can F#mrun, run, run, but we can't Dhide.
ENo baby, we can't Ahide.
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