Original song in some G tuning (standard G or drop G)
ORDER: V1 INT PH H C1 GS V2 PH2 H C2
[VERSE 1]
Ab-5
Do you feel numb, or are you really just over it?
Ab-5 G Cm
Old timer. Slave driver. Crack the whip while they sink our ship.
Ab-5
Clocking in, work till the bones ache. No warmth so the hands shake.
Gm Ab-5 G Ab-5 G Cm
The pills suppress the pain, but the depen - dence is ever-growing.
Ab-5
A fools devotion, devoid of motion. This mistake you can't erase.
Bdim Cm
The bag may not inflate while oxygen is flowing.
[INTERLUDE]
Gm | | | |
| | | |
[PRE-HOOK]
Gm
A coward ruled by force breeds a nation of discord, and a lifetime of remorse. No more.
G
I'd rather suffocate than breathe in what this bullshit life has offered me.
[HOOK]
G
Defiance.
G
Defiance.
[CHORUS 1]
G
The new dawn of the iron moon.
G
You should have let sleeping dogs lie, cause now they’re hunting you.
G
Wallow in what could have been, thumb twiddler.
G
You handed them the keys to the kingdom, signed and delivered.
[GUITAR SOLO]
F#dim7/G | | | |
G | | | |
[VERSE 2]
Ab-5
Do you feel numb, after the damage is done?
Ab-5
Do you remember the days when we didn't have to look over our shoulders?
Ab-5
Now we flinch at the kickback, and head down the wrong track. We let them take over.
Ab-5 G Cm
Fear is the final sin. Before it even begins, this fucking rat race was over.
Ab-5
A fools devotion, devoid of motion. This mistake you can't erase.
Bdim Cm
The bag may not inflate while oxygen is flowing.
[PRE-HOOK 2]
G
G
I'd rather suffocate than breathe in what this bullshit life has offered me.
[HOOK]
G
Defiance.
G
Defiance.
[CHORUS 2]
G
The new dawn of the iron moon.
G
You should have let sleeping dogs lie, cause now they’re hunting you.
