New Model Army – Shot 18 (Guitar)

     F#m
Thou shalt not kill - remember that?

                                   G
You learnt it again and again when you were young

          F#m
They said weapons have this safety catch

                                           G
Your moral conscience tells you kid what's right, what's wrong

          A
Well they make out like they're so surprised

         C#m
But it's easy when you're civilised

G
Count to ten, close your eyes

    E
The way it's always been . .

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Shot 18

  F#m
I think I was a bit surprised

                       G
I never knew I was so anaesthetised

    F#m
And triggers pull so lightly and people die so easy

        G
I never realised

     A
Well I believe in common laws

C#m
I believe in even scores

  G
I understand the rules of war

    E
The way the slate is cleaned . .

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Shot 18

F#m
Who wants another Christian martyr?

E
Who wants someone else's pain?

D
Who wants the world on their shoulder?

C#m                  C#
Who wants to have to cry in vain?

A
Who wants to have an open sore

D#
Eating away deep inside you?

C#
Who wants to torture themselves

             C#
When there's plenty eager to do it for you?

      F#m
Well, years might heal all the scars

                                      G
But I don't know if you feel like you have that time

       F#m
And if I was the man that killed your father

                                    G
And if I said I'm sorry, would that change your mind?

     A
Well no one should be so surprised

     C#m
That words don't pay for victims' lives

     G
It's teeth for teeth, eyes for eyes

    E
The way it's always been . .

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Shot 18