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Nero by Matt Pless
Nero
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Key: Eb
[Intro]
C F C
C F G C
[Verse 1]
C
In the dawn of desperation when the peasants are beheading
F G C
Every emperor with a golden crown
C
First they''''ll stand with one another
C
Then they''''ll turn against each other
F G C
Under thunder on a battleground.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
With their torches, tar and feathers
G
Off to round up all the witches
C F
On a rail to run ''''em out of town
[Chorus]
C
In a kingdom that''''s collapsin''''
G
I''''m relaxin'''' on the ashes
F G C
Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down.
[Instrumental]
F G C
[Verse 2]
C
You can dance around the fire
With the hand that holds the power
F G C
Or go cower with the gagged and bound
C
While the vultures count the profits
And the hawks are launching rockets
F G C
In a garden growing mushroom clouds.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
You can storm the ivory towers,
G
But the knight in shining armor''''s days
C F
Are numbered on the body count.
[Chorus]
C G
So I''''m laughing up to heaven on the arms of Armageddon,
F G C
Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down
[Bridge]
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
F G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
Dm G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
[Verse 3]
C
Where the tricksters and the grifters
And the rich carnival barkers
F G C
Sell their psalters to a spellbound crowd
C
Buying tickets to the promise
Of a better world a-coming
F G C
Left with nothing when their hope runs out.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
There''''s a lifeboat overflowing
G
On a rising violent ocean
C F
In the darkness where the sailors drown
[Chorus]
C
But I''''m smiling on an island
G
By the tidal wave horizon
F G C
Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down
[Instrumental]
F G C
[Verse 4]
C
If you''''re screaming in defiance,
Are you David or Goliath
F G C
When the riot rages all around
C
Call it vengeance, call it justice,
Call it progress, call it selfish
F G C
Either way I''''m gonna have my doubts
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Maybe I''''m just causing problems
G
Thinking I know how to solve ''''em
C F
So for once I''''m gonna shut my mouth
[Chorus]
C
Waiting silent in the shadows
G
Like a devil at the crossroads
F G C
Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down
[Bridge]
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
F G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
Dm G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
[Instrumental]
F G C
F G C
F G C
F G C
[Verse 5]
C
While the charlatans are shoutin''''
Propaganda on the mountain
F G C
Truth is spoken to an empty house
C
If you ask for my opinion
Are you tryin'''' to make a difference
F G C
Or find something to complain about.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
When indulgence and consumption
G
Leave a landscape of destruction
C F
Where it''''s far too late to turn back now
[Chorus]
C
I''''ll be moving on my own
G
On down the existential highway
F G C
Playing fiddle, watching Rome burn down
[Bridge]
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
F G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
Am
You can find me playing fiddle,
F C
Watching Rome burn down,
Dm G C
Playing fiddle watching Rome burn down
[Outro]
F C G C F C G
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