Settle for Nothing — Rage Against the Machine
Chords and lyrics for Settle for Nothing by Rage Against the Machine (key of D).
Intro
[Dm/A] [A#] [Bm] [A#] [Dm/A] [A#]
Verse 1
A jail [D]cell is [Bm]freedom from the pain [Gm/A#]in my home.
I know.
Hatred [D/A]passed on passed on and
passed [A#]on a world [Bm]of final rage.
But it's one [D]that I can recognize.
[A#]Having [D/A]never seen the color of my father's eyes.
[A#]Yes, I dwell in [Bm]hell, but it's a hell that I can [A#]grip.
Try [D]to grip my family, but I slipped.
[A#]To escape [D]from the [G/B]pain and an existence mundane.
[A#]I got [D]a nine, a sign, a set, and now I got a [A#]name.
Chorus 1
[A]Greet [F#m]my writing on the wall.
[A]No one's gonna catch [Gmaj7]me when [F#][A]I fall.
[Gmaj7/F#][F#]That [A]is [F]on my [F#]side.
[A] [F] [F#] [A]
Suicide.
[Gmaj7] [F#] [Am] [F#] [Dmaj7/A]
Suicide.
[Gm/A#]Suicide.
Verse 2
[D]Share cell [Bm]is freedom from the pain [A#]in my home.
Hatred [D]passed on passed on and passed on.
[A#]Hatred passed on passed on and passed on.
I never saw a wall [D]in the final rage,
[Bm]but it's one [Bm7/D]that I can recognize.
[A#][Dm]Having never seen the color of my father's [Fsus2]eyes.
[Bm/D]Yes, [Dm]I dwell in hell, but it's a hell that I can grip.
I tried to grip my family, [Fmaj7/A]but I slipped.
[Fsus2]to escape from the pain [Em/B]and an existence mundane.
[A#]I got [D/A]a nine, a sign, a set, and now [G7]I got a name.
Chorus 2
[Em][A7/E]We [Gm7]are riding on the wall.
[F#][A7]No one's here [G7]to catch me [F#]when [A/E]I fall.
[G7][F#7]Join [G7]between my culture [F#]and the [A]system.
[Gm7][A]Genocide.
[Gm7/F] [F#m7] [G7] [F#7]
We [A/E][G7]are riding [F#]on the wall.
[A7][G7][F#]No [A]one's here [Gm7]to catch [F#]me when I fall.
[A][Gm7][F#]If victory [A]is [G7/F]bliss,
[F#][A]they [Gm7][Dmaj7/F#]knock the smile [A7]off [Dm]my face.
[F#][Em7]Yeah!
Interlude
[D#m] [D] [A] [G] [D] [A] [D#maj7/D] [Dsus4] [F#maj7] [Dmaj7] [Gm/A#] [Am] [Dm] [E] [C#] [D]
Outro
If we don't take action [Bm]now, settle [D]for nothing later.
[A#maj7]Settle [D/A]for nothing now, and we'll settle for nothing [A#]later.
We don't [D]take action [Bm]now, we'll settle [D]for nothing [A#]later.
We'll settle [D/A]for nothing now, we'll settle [G7]for nothing later.
We don't take action now, we'll [F#][Dm]settle for nothing [Gm7]later.
[F#][Em][F#]we'll [A7]settle for nothing now
[Gmaj7/F#][Em]and [G7][F#]we'll [Gm7]settle for nothing later.
[F#][Em][F#maj7]As [A7]we go, Jake, ask [G7]it now!
[F#][A][G7][F#][A]We'll settle for nothing [Gm7/F]later!
[F#][Gm7][F#]We'll [A7]settle for nothing [Gm7]now!
[F#]And [Gmaj7/F#]we'll settle [A]for nothing [G7]later!
[F#7] [A7] [G7] [F#] [Bm] [A#] [Dm] [Gm/A#] [C] [F]