[Intro]
Am C F
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Am C F
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Am Bb C Dm
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C Bb F Am
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[Verse 1]
C F
Blacken the sky and sharpen the axe
Am C F
..Forever cursed to live unrelaxed
Am Bb C Dm
..We make no bones, a house is not a home
C Bb F
And a home is nowhere we can stay..
[Verse 2]
Am C F
..Dodged the draft but can't dodge the war
Am C F
..Forever cursed to live insecure
Am Bb C Dm
..The curtain drops, a gang of Gen X cops assembles
C Bb F
Trembling before our human nature
[Chorus]
Gm F
..It wasn't built for me
Gm Dm C
..It's your academy
Bb F C Dm
..But in my time, you taught me how to see
C Bb F
..Each generation makes its own apology.
[Interlude]
Am C F
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Am C F
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Am Bb C Dm
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C Bb F Am
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[Verse 3]
C F
Welcome back, my oldest friend
Am C F
..Are you cursed to depart again?
Am Bb C Dm
..Your ways and means, eternally obscene
C Bb F
And always looking for obscenity and hatred
[Chorus]
Gm F
..It wasn't built for me
Gm Dm C
..It's your academy
Bb F C Dm
..But in my time, you taught me how to see
C Bb F
..Each generation makes its own apology.
[Interlude]
Am C F
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Am C F
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Am Bb C Dm
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C Bb F
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[Outro]
Gm F
..It wasn't built for me
Gm Dm C
..It's your academy
Bb F C Dm
..But in my time, you taught me how to see
C Bb F
..Each generation makes its own apology.
Bb F C Dm
..It's by design and consequentially
C Bb F
..Each generation makes its own apology.