White Coats — New Model Army
Chords and lyrics for White Coats by New Model Army (key of Dm).
Intro
[Dm] [E] [Dm] [E]
[Dm] [E] [Dm] [E]
Verse 1
[Dm]Well, we know what makes the [E]flowers grow,[Dm] but we don't know [E]why
[Dm]And we all have the knowledge of [E]DNA, [Dm]but we still [E]die
[G]We perch so thin and [F]fragile here [E]upon the land
[G]And the earth that [F]moves beneath us, [E]we don't understand
Bridge
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Verse 2
[Dm]So we rush towards the [E]Judgement Day,[Dm] when she [E]reclaims
[Dm]A toast to the Luddite [E]martyrs then, [Dm]who died in [E]vain
[G]Down at the lab they're [F]working still, [E]finishing off
[G]How do we tell the [F]people in the white coats
[E]Enough is enough?
Chorus
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]I listen to you pray as [Em]if some [G]help will [F]come
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]She will dance on our graves when [Em]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
[Am]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
Bridge
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[Dm] [E] [Dm] [E]
Verse 3
[Dm]You and I we made no [E]suicide pact,[Dm] we didn't want to [E]die
[Dm]But we watch the wall, [E]little darling,[Dm] while the chemical trucks go [E]by
[G]This desperate [F]imitation, now, [E]of innocence
[G]Those last few days at [F]Jonestown ain't got [E]nothing on this
Chorus
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]I listen to you pray as [Em]if some [G]help will [F]come
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]she will dance on our graves when [Em]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
Bridge 2
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[G] [F] [E]
Verse 4
[E]Now beneath the [F]fitted carpets, [Am]beyond the padded cells
[E]Within these crimes of [F]passion, the [Am]naked truth she dwells
[C]And this fury's just a [F]part and this [G]thunder's just a [C]part
[C]Desire is just a [F]part, the [G]cracking ice, [G]the splitting rock
Chorus
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]I listen to you pray as [Em]if some [G]help will [F]come
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]She will dance on our graves when [Em]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]to the suicide day, the [Em]blind man[G] blunders [F]on
[F]Hey, [F]hey, [Am]She will dance on our graves when [Em]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
[Am]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
[Am]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
[Am]we are [G]dead and [F]gone
Bridge
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[Dm] [E] [Dm] [E]
Outro
[Dm]As children learn [E]about the world,[Dm] we built that wall of [E]sand
[Dm]Along the beach we [E]laboured hard [Dm]with our bare [E]hands
[G]We worked until the sun went [F]down [E]beneath the waves
[G]And the tide came rolling [F]splashing in, [E]washed the wall away
[G]How do we tell the [F]people in the white coats
[E]Enough is enough ?
[G]How do we tell the [F]people in the white coats
[E]Enough is [E]enough is [E]enough?
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