The Violence

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Chords used:
A#m: 688666 / A#5: 688xxx (you can play both)
C#: x46664
D#: x68886
F#: 244322
G#: 466544
[Intro]
A#m
[Verse 1]
A#m
Dancing on the crumbling precipice
A#m
The rocks are coming loose just at the edge
C#
Are we laughing?
C#
Are we crying?
D#
Are we drowning?
D#
Are we dead?
A#m
Or was it all a dream?
A#m
The bombs are getting closer everyday
A#m
'That can never happen here' we used to say
C#
Have these wars come to our doorstep?
D#
Has this moment finally come?
A#m
Or was it all a dream?
[Chorus]
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m C#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m
To become something greater
C#
Than the violence in our nature?
F# G#
Are we not good enough
A#m
or was it all a dream?
[Verse 2]
A#m
To a pretty time and fate are we condemned
A#m
Or maybe we're a book without an end
C#
We're not stories, we're not actors
D#
We're awake and in control
A#m
And this is not a dream
A#m
So can we break this mold
A#m
And set in motion something new
C#
Forgetting what we know
D#
An evolution overdue
C#
Fight the current
C#
Pull the the ripcord
D#
Get away!
[Chorus]
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m C#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m
To become something greater
C#
Than the violence in our nature?
F# G# A#m
Are we not good enough
[Bridge]
G#
We travel back
G#
To what we take
G#
We need a storm
A#m
Let's pray for rain now
F# G#
To wash these roads away
G#
Let's get off track and wander far
A#m
Same roads reducing destinations
F# G#
Do nothing but show our heart
G#
We're talking in our sleep
A#m
And sleeping through our lives
F# A#m
We dream of the places where we never die
F#
We step from our shadows
A#m
And into the light
[Chorus]
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m C#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
A#m
To become something greater
C#
Than the violence in our nature?
F#
Are we not good enough?
G#
Are we not brave enough?
F# G#
Are we not good enough
A#m
or was it all a dream?

The Violence chords and lyrics

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Chords used:
A#m: 688666 / A#5: 688xxx  (you can play both)
C#: x46664
D#: x68886
F#: 244322
G#: 466544
[Intro]
A#m
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]

The Violence Chords by Rise Against

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