Century Eyes
Intro:
Em
Em
You were not the first to arrive,
You were not the first to arrive,
and will not be the last to survive,
as the pigs and the oxen we bound to the wheel
tear it
A
off, tear it off!
off, tear it off!
You
Em
are not the last of this house,
are not the last of this house,
or the first to go over the side.
Remember the wrecks of those elegant ships-
“Turn it
A
off! Turn it off!”
off! Turn it off!”
No. Look with
C
century
century
G
eyes till they
eyes till they
D
make you go
make you go
Em
blind.
blind.
Instrumental:
Em (lots of)
C C C♯ D
Em (some more)
C C C♯ D E♭
Em
Galloping into the void,
Galloping into the void,
you are rolling your eyes like a horse,
all to turn from the beam, from the eye of that screen.
“Turn it
A
off! Turn it off!
off! Turn it off!
With our
C
backs to the
backs to the
G
arch and the
arch and the
D
wreck of our
wreck of our
Em
kind,
kind,
we will
C
stare straight a
stare straight a
G
head for the
head for the
D
rest of our
rest of our
Em
lives!”
lives!”
Em (lots of)
C C C♯ D
Em (some more)
C C C♯ D E♭
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