Intro riff e|-------------------------3----------------------------------------| B|-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------| G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------| D|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----------------------------------------| E|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------------------------------------| Riff for every time it goes from Am to e|--------3---------------------------------------------------------| B|-111111-0---------------------------------------------------------| G|-222222-0---------------------------------------------------------| D|-222222-0---------------------------------------------------------| A|-000000-2---------------------------------------------------------| E|--------3---------------------------------------------------------| Riff for the "I wont lay my body down" parts e|----------------3-------------------------------------------------| B|-111111-000000--0-------------------------------------------------| G|-222222-000000--0-------------------------------------------------| D|-222222-222222--0-------------------------------------------------| A|-000000-222222--2-------------------------------------------------| E|--------000000--3-------------------------------------------------| In some live videos I've seen he sometimes does variations for the chord e|-----3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0-3-1-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro riff x4 And so now, now that you realize That planets are spheres with oil on the inside And your god is only a catapult Waiting for the right time to let you go Into the unknown just to watch you hold your breath Yeah and surrender your fortress And your thoughts will tumble like rocks do Over the valleys of factory oceans The Turkish carpets are flapping As the wind drops you down to the surface Yeah when you're looking for your sweet heart And you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun And in your world the strong survive But I won't lay my body down Intro riff x4 Let me tell you, your arms are like boulders And your shoulders are cliffs, but your head keeps rolling off And your spine it is weak from the weight on your shoulders And from difference of opinion There is a song you hear on the radio It's a funeral march so you change the channel But it's all you hear as you're driving up the 101 From Mexico to California Yeah there's no snow when you're looking for your sweet heart There's no snow when you're looking for your answers Yeah you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun And in your world the strong survive But I won't lay my body down Intro riff x8 Yeah by the time they get your letter of explanation You'll be dead and gone Barking up a new tree and eyeing up some new friends And scaring off the families while tidying up your loose ends Chasing squirrels around your property Making sure that they know that this is your kingdom And nothing will stop it, yeah nothing will stop it If nothing can stop it, yeah nothing will stop it And you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun And in your world the strong survive But won't you lay your body down Yes and now, now's the time to wrap your ears Around the sounds of your train coming round ??? ??? But you don't have to lay everything down Intro riff x1

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