DIIV – Blankenship (Guitar)

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Chords

C in brackets is a link played by the bass you can play [Intro]
Dm
(16 bars)
[Verse 1]
Dm              Dm
Armageddon is a product

    Dm               C
And  one we choose to buy

Bb
Dwell  on that for a moment

     Gm          C
With Paradise on fire
[Chorus 1]
             Dm
I guess it’s all the way

Dm
Blankenship 

Dm                C
Children  lead the cry

              Bb
You sold them all away

Bb
Blankenship 

     Gm              C
With thirty years of lies

[Break 1]
                Dm Dm Dm Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

                Bb Bb C  C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Instrumental] Dm Dm Dm Dm (C) Bb Bb Gm C Dm Dm Dm Dm (C) Bb Bb Gm C
Dm
(16 bars)
[Verse 2]
Dm                Dm
Who  sold us the dominion?

     Dm                     C
Over swine that smell their knife

    Bb                        Bb
The vicious creature thin and dying

    Gm                C
On a scrap of melting ice
[Chorus 2]
             Dm
The earth is ownerless

Dm
Blankenship

Dm                C
Children lead the cry

              Bb
You sold them all away

Bb
Blankenship

     Gm              C
With thirty years of lies
[Chorus 3]
              Dm
I should have treated you better

Dm
Blankenship

    Dm             C
The lives you weaponize

              Bb
You sold them all away

Bb
Blankenship

     Gm            C
With silver-plated eyes

[Break 2]
                Dm Dm Dm Dm (C)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

                Bb Bb Gm C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

                Dm Dm Dm Dm (C)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bb Bb Gm Gm [Bridge]
Gm    Gm
Think of

Bb                    C
   your sons and daughters

Dm
Laid in

Dm
   ashen water

Gm Gm
Sirens

Bb            Bb
   louder and louder

Dm Dm
Destroy

Dm           C       Bb    C
   those who destroy the earth
Dm Dm Dm Dm Bb Bb C C
[Outro]
Dm Dm Dm Dm (C)
Bb Bb Gm C
                Dm Dm Dm Dm (C)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

                Bb Bb Gm C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh