Tonart: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
D
In the morning we built the city
Dm
In the afternoon walked
through its streets
Am
Evening saw us leaving
Dm
We wandered through our days as if
Am
Gm
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they would never end
Dm
All of us imagined we had
endless time to spend
D
Dm
We hardly saw the crossroads
Am
and small attention gave
Dm
D
To the landmarks on the journey
Dm
from the cradle to the grave
C
D
Cradle to the grave, cradle to the grave
Verse 2
Dm
Did you learn to dream in
D
the morning?
Dm
Am
Abandon dreams in the afternoon?
Dm
Am
Wait without a hope in the evening?
Dm
D
Dm
Did you stand there in the traces and
Asus4
Am
Gm
let them feed you lies?
D
Dm
Did you trail along behind them wearing
Am
blinkers on your eyes?
Dm
Did you kiss the foot that kicked you?
Am
Did you thank them for their scorn?
Dm
F
Did you ask for their forgiveness
Am
Asus4
A
Am
for the act of being born?
C
Dm
D
Act of being born, act of being born
Verse 3
D
Dm
Did you alter the face of the city?
Am
Make any change in the world you found?
C
Dm
Am
Or did you observe all the warning?
Dm
Bb
Did you read the trespass notice?
Am
Gm
Did you keep off the grass?
Bb
Did you shuffle off the pavement
Am
just to let your betters pass?
Dm
D
Dm
Did you learn to keep your mouth shut?
Am
Were you seen and never heard?
Dm
F
C
Did you learn to be obedient
A
D
and jump to at a word?
A
D
Jump to at a word,
Asus4
Dm
jump to at a word
Interlude 1
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Dm
Am
Bb
Dsus4
D
Verse 4
Dm
An d did you ever demand
Dm
The who and the what and
Am
Asus4
the reason why
Dm
Am
And did you ever question the setup?
Dm
Bb
And did you stand aside and let them
Dm
Gm
choose while you took second best?
D
Dm
Did you let them skin the cream off
Gm
Am
and then give to you the rest?
Dm
Did you settle for the shoddy?
Am
And did you think it right
Dm
D
Dsus4
To let them rob you right and
Dm
left and never make a fight?
A
Dm
And never make a fight,
C
D
never make a fight
Verse 5
D
What did you learn in the morning?
Dm
How much did you know
Dm
C
Were you content in the
Am
evening?
Dm
And did they teach you how to question
Gm
when you were at the school?
Gsus2
Dm
Did the factory help you grow? Were
you the maker or the tool?
Did the place where you were living
Am
C
enrich your life and then?
D
Dm
C
Am
Did you mix among the standing
Asus4
Dm
of all your fellow men?
Asus4
Dm
C
All your fellow men, all your fellow men,
Outro 1
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Bb
Dm
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Gm
Bb
Am
Bb
Am
C
Am
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