Erasure – Hallowed Ground (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

[Intro] A [Verse]
A
Everybody's intent on killing someone

A
The streets are closed and there's a kid on the run

    C#m                     D
The bullets scream out from gun to gun

A
Everybody's intent on being someone
[Verse]
A
The cold and darkness of the criminal dawn

A
Wrapped in blankets, gotta keep themselves warm

  C#m          D
A child in the arms of a teenage mum

C#m                D                    A   G                  D
Who will be there, who will be the next victim of the criminal dawn?
[Chorus]
A                       F
Old friends meet on the edge of town

D                            A                  G
Sharing conversation, hoping things'll soon get better

          A                      F
While the children meet, got the world at their feet

            D                       Dm
Not knowing what's around the corner

       F                           G   A
Are we living for an uncertain future?
[Verse]
A
Down by the corner sits a broken man

A
Lives by the bottle, swears never again

C#m                   D
Lost his money on the dogs and gin

   A
He looks for his supper in garbage can
[Verse]
A
The kids hang around by the old school ground

A
Right by the river where the body was found

C#m                D
Throwing stones on hallowed ground

F#m                D                    A      G               D
Who will be there, who will be the next victim of the criminal dawn?
[Chorus]
A                       F
Old friends meet on the edge of town

D                            A                  G
Sharing conversation, hoping things'll soon get better

          A                      F
While the children meet, got the world at their feet

            D                       Dm
Not knowing what's around the corner

       F                           G   A
Are we living for an uncertain future?

F                 G   A
Can you hear them calling?
[Instrumenta] C#m D A [Verse]
A
The cold and darkness of the criminal dawn

A
Wrapped in blankets, gotta keep themselves warm

  C#m          D
A child in the arms of a teenage mum

C#m                D                    A   G                  D
Who will be there, who will be the next victim of the criminal dawn?
[Chorus]
A                       F
Old friends meet on the edge of town

D                            A                  G
Sharing conversation, hoping things'll soon get better

          A                      F
While the children meet, got the world at their feet

            D                       Dm
Not knowing what's around the corner

       F                           G   A
Are we living for an uncertain future?
[Chorus]
A                       F
Old friends meet on the edge of town

D                            A                  G
Sharing conversation, hoping things'll soon get better

          A                      F
While the children meet, got the world at their feet

            D                       Dm
Not knowing what's around the corner

       F                           G   A
Are we living for an uncertain future?