Chords
[Intro]
C#m D C#m
[Verse 1]
D E Your C#mheart, your home, your voice, itâs got a price tag
B Sign in blood, bury your rights in a body bag
C#m Theyâre feeding fear through the fault lines
You Bheard it here first, they got your freedoms on the front line
C#mPrimetime, the noose at our throats
Our Aliberties hands run with the Bblood of the scapegoats
C#m So tell me how can we demonize
When we canât see lifeB through anotherâs eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m Pay 'em off and play 'em off
Fear rolls like a reaper through the streets of the lost
Pay 'em off and play 'em off
But in the eyes of the storm
The truth drops like a C#mbomb
[Chorus]
The truth drops like a bomb
The battleD is on E
[Verse 2]
C#mHands in chains for a fist full of dollars
BWho do we blame for the holes in our knowledge?
The C#mpast you know has been written by the victor
So I Bask you now, who is it writing your future?
The C#mbutcher, the liar, the thief or the killer?
Your Afreedom died quiet in the Bhalls of power
C#mStarved for peace, weâll eat war until it kills us Six feet deep with a belBly full of bullets C#m
[Pre-Chorus]
Pay 'em off and play 'em off
Fear rolls like a reaper through the streets of the lost
Pay 'em off and play 'em off
But in the eyes of the storm
The truth drops like a C#mbomb
[Chorus]
The truth drops like a bomb
The battleD is on E
[Bridge]
C#m D C#m E The C#mhate runs deep, but our hopes cut Bdeeper
Now we C#mwalk through the valley in the shadow of the Breaper
Money C#mtalks, and itâs speaking in tongues B
They put a C#mprice on our soul like they had already won B
Now open C#mwide, I see their jaws locked Btight
C#mSilent in the moment like prey in the floodBlights
The C#msignal is static, baptised in Bfire
Now we C#msee how they talk with a mouth full of barbedB wire
C#mAbsolute power,B C#mabsolute power,B C#mabsolute power B
C#mAbsolute power corrupts absoBlutely
[Chorus]
C#mAbsolute power,B C#mabsolute power,B C#mabsolute power B
C#mAbsolute power corrupts
The truth Bdrops like a C#mbomb
The truth drops like a bomb
The battleD is onE The truth drops like aâ¦
[Outro]
C#m DAbsolute C#mpower corErupts absolutely C#m