A
Past my window, out in the street
Life makes short work of all I see
G
Men take the change from beggars
Tight bound in sheets
F                                A
Red and blue, the useless sirens scream


A
Song of masses, passing outside
All inciting the fifth of July
     G
When guns for hire open fire
Blind against the dawn
F                                 A
When the knights in iron took the pawn
F
You and I, out into the night
                                    A
Held within the line that they have drawn



[Chorus]
D
As I went they're all beside us in silence
As if unaffected amid the violence
     Bm  F#m E D  Bm
Ooh, are we  also tamed
I was in a river, as if in water
Wife, a son, a son, a son and a daughter
         F#m E    D
Ooh, are we  also tamed?



A
I walked home, no words to say
Cassius, one month gone on his way
    G
And who will lead us
And who remains to die?
F                            A
By a thread, drop my head to cry



[Chorus]
D
As I went they're all beside us in silence
As if unaffected amid the violence
     Bm  F#m E D  Bm
Ooh, are we  also tamed
I was in a river, as if in water
Wife, a son, a son, a son and a daughter
         F#m E    D
Ooh, are we  also tamed?

Bm F#m E D Bm (3x, bass solo)

a couple measures of A, then bridge:

F F#13* (7x)     *or just use F# or F#7 if you want, but I hear that D# note in one of the electrics

F into D (this starts the second track)

E|--------------|
hold on D until the lyrics start (it ain't long)
(D)           G         D
Who stole the life from you?
           G
Who turned you so against you?
            C
Who was the thief, who shaved your teeth
  Bm      Am            D
Accepting just virtue?

           G     D
And did he act alone?
         G        D
Were any more complicit?
              C
When he would sing, and offer the ring
     Bm               Am
What older voice said, "kiss it"?

D
D G (2x)
D F#7
G#m F# (3x)
G#m G
Am  G
D
           G         D
Fire can't doubt its heat
            G         D
Water can't doubt its power
            C
You're not adrift
You're not a gift
    Bm               Am      D
You know you're not a flower