A F It doesn?t matter if we all die A G F Ambition in the back of a black car A G F In a high building there is so much to do A Going home time G F A story on the radio A G Something small falls out of your mouth D F And we laugh A G A prayer for something better D A prayer F For something better A Please love me G Meet my mother D F But the fear takes hold A G Creeping up the stairs in the dark D F Waiting for the death blow A G Waiting for the death blow D F Waiting for the death blow A G F Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot A G F Fighting for freedom on television A G F Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs A G Have we got everything? D F She struggles to get away . . . A The pain G And the creeping feeling D F A little black haired girl A Waiting for Saturday G D F The death of her father pushing her A G F Pushing her white face into the mirror A Aching inside me G And turn me round D Just like the old days F Just like the old days A G Just like the old days D F Just like the old days A Caressing an old man G D F And painting a lifeless face A G F Just a piece of new meat in a clean room A G D F The soldiers close in under a yellow moon A All shadows and deliverance G Under a black flag D A hundred years of blood F Crimson A The ribbon tightens round my throat G I open my mouth D F And my head bursts open A G A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water D F Thrashing in the water A Over and over G D F We die one after the other A Over and over G D F We die one after the other A G One after the other D F One after the other A G One after the other D F One after the other A G DF It feels like a hundred years A A hundred years G A hundred years D A hundred years F A hundred years A G F One hundred years