Capo 3rd fret. Am G F E (x3) Am G Dm Am G F C Black top pave-ment cover me Am Dm F E Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly Am G F C There's a distant buzz and low frequency Am G F E It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet Dm F C G And it shakes the leaves off of every tree Dm C G Vio-lent-ly Am G Dm What pretention everlasting peace F G Ab/Em Am Everything must cease Am G F E (x3) Am G Dm Am G F C In-sti-tu-tion on the hill Am Dm F E Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite the people's will Am G F C There's a shadow stain on the west facade Am G F E It has spray like decay to enshroud the fraud Dm F C G and the descendents find it oh so odd Dm C G Oh so odd C G Dm What pretention everlasting peace F G Ab/Em Everything must cease Am G F E (X3) Am G Dm Am G F C Grave memorial, hewn white stone Am Dm F E Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known Am G F C It evokes such pain and significance Am G F E What was once reduced to rememberence Dm F C G And the generations pass without recompense Dm C G C G Dm What pretention everlasting peace F G Ab/Em Am Everything must cease. Am G F E Am Dm G Am