Living on a Thin Line

# #From: Harlan L Thompson # #LIVING ON A THIN LINE- The Kinks # D C G All the stories have been told of kings and days of old D F C But there's no England now (there's no England now) D All the wars that were won and lost C G D F C Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore D All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told) C G D F C All the lives of the people running round and castles that burned D C G D Now I see change but inside we're the same as we ever were D C G D Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? D C G D Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? D C G Living on a thin line, living this way, each day's a dream D What am I, what are we supposed to do? D C G D Living on a thin line, oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? C G D Now another century nearly gone (gone, gone) C G D What are we gonna leave for the young? C G D What we couldn't do, or what we wouldn't do, it's a crime but does it matter? C G Does it matter much, does it matter much to you? D Does it ever really matter? Yes, it really really matters! Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? F G Em Then another leader says, break their hearts and break some heads G F Am Is there nothing we can say or do? Am G C Blame the future on the past, always lost in bloody guts D And when they're gone, it's me and you Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do? D F C D Living on a thin line oooohh (from Word of Mouth, 1984) (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)