Hymn To The Breaking Strain Chord Chart

Hymn to the Breaking Strain, version B

4/4 time (each cell one measure)-
AmAmAm/GAm/GThecareful textbooksmeasure... letall who build be- ware
D9/F#D9/F#FFTheload, the shock, thepressure... ma- te-r-i-al canbear
AmAmGGSowhen the buckled girder... letsdown the grindingspan
DEAmTheblame of loss or murder... isla-id upon theman
Am/GFGF... ... not on thesteel... ... ... theman
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AmAm/GD9/F#FButin our dail - ydealings... withstone and steel wefind
AmGDEmThegods have no suchfeeling... ofjustice towards mankind
AmAm/GD9/F#FTono set gauge theymake us... tono laid course pre-pare
AmGDEmIntime they overtake us... withloads we cannotbear
AmGDE... ... to merciless... ... ... tobear
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AmAm/GD9/F#FThepru-dent text-booksgive it... inta - bles at... theend
AmGDEmThestress that shears arivet... or makes a tie - barbend
AmAm/GD9/F#FWhattraffic wrecks ma-cadam... whatconcrete should en-dure
AmGDEmButwe poor sons of Adam... have no such li - tera -ture
AmGDE... ... to warn usor... makesure...
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AmAm/GD9/F#FWehold all Earth to plunder... alltime and space aswell
AmGDEmToowon-der stale towon-der... ateach new mira -cle
AmAm/GD9/F#FTillin the mid ill -lusion... OfGodhood 'neath ourhand
AmGDEmFallsmultiple con-fusion... Onall we did orplanned
AmGDE... ... The mightyworks... weplanned...
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AmAm/GD9/F#FWeon - ly in creation... (how-muchluckier the bridge andrail)
AmGDEmA-bide the twin damn-nation... Tofail and know wefailed
AmAm/GD9/F#FYetwe by which soletoken... Weknow we once wereGods
AmGDEmTakeshame in being broken... How-ever great theodds
AmGDE... ... The bur-den of... theodds...
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AmAm/GD9/F#FOhveiled and se - cretpower... whosepaths we seek invain
AmGDEmBewith us in our hour... ofo-ver-throw andpain
AmAm/GD9/F#FThatwe by which sole to-ken... weknow thy ways are TRUE
AmGDEmInspite of be-ingbroken... or because of be-ing broken
AmGDE... rise up andbuild... a-new...
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