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We took the highway till the road went black
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We marked Truth or Consequences on our map
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A voice drifted up from the radio
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Some other voice from long ago
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
GD
The last to die for a mistake
DEm
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
DEm
Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake
Riff (1x)
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The kid's asleep in the back seat
CBm
We're just counting the miles you and me
CBm
We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore
Em
We just stack the bodies outside the door
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
GD
The last to die for a mistake
DEm
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
DAm
Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake
(Am) EmD
The wise men were all fools. What to do?
Riff (2x)
CBm
C Em (note variation in chord under the riff)
BEm
The sun it sets in flames as the city burns
BC
Another day gone down as the night turns
GDC
And I hold you here in my heart
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As things fall a-part
CBm
A downtown window flushed with life
CBm
Faces of the dead at five
CBm
Her martyr's silent eyes
Em
Petition the drivers as we pass by
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
GD
The last to die for a mistake
DEm
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break?
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Who'll be the last to die . . .
C
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
GD
The last to die for a mistake
DEm
Darling your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate
GD
Strung up at your city gates
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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
Riff (2x)
CBm
C Em (again variation)
Coda
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