New Order – Shame Of The Nation (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em Am Am7 Em Am Em Am Am7 [Chorus]
Em
State of the nation

C   Em7
Our salvation

Em Am7 Bm7                CM7 Em7
........State of the nation
[Verse]
Em
You can walk, or you can run

C                 Baug
You don't have to be someone

Em
I went on a summer cruise

CM7                  Em7
Upon an ocean born to lose

Em
My brother said that he was dead

Am
I saw his face and shook my head

Em
Can you see where we can't be

C                Am7
We're losing our blood in the sea
[Chorus]
Em
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

               C                   CM7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)

              Em
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

               CM7
That's causing death inflation

Em
Oh, the state of the nation

           C
Is causing death inflation
Em C CM7 Em7 Em CM7 Am7 Bm7 [Verse]
Em
From my home I traveled far

CM7           Em7
I drove in my stolen car

Em
When it broke down, I kissed the ground

       C                 CM7     Em7
'Cause I don't kiss when you're around

Em
I don't find that I have been

    CM7
The portrait of an only son

Em
If that's the case, then who could tell

C        CM7
Where my story had begun?
[Chorus]
Em
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

                   C          Em7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)

Em
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

                   C       Em
That's holding our salvation

         Em
Yes, the state of the nation

               CM7        Em7
That's causing death inflation

Em
Oh, the state of the nation (state of the nation)

               Am         Am7 Em
That's causing death inflation

Em
State of the nation

Em
State of the nation

C
State of the nation

CM7
State of the nation

Em
State of the nation

Em
State of the nation

Am
State of the nation

Am7
State of the nation
[Instr] Em Am Bm7 D Em Am CM7 Em7 Em Am Am7 Em D Em Am Em C G Dsus2 Em Am Em Am Em Am Em C B Em Em C Bm7 D Em C Bm7 Em C Bm7 D Em CM7 Bm7 D Em CM7 Bm D Em CM7 Bm7 D Em D Em C Em7 [Verse]
Em
Even now, I'm all alone

  CM7                        Em7
Behind a wall that's made of stone

  Em
I think about where we have been

CM7                               D
And all the sights that could be seen

  Em
I know it all could be worthwhile

   C            Am7
If only I could force a smile

Em
Now we turn our backs to the sea

    Am7
The shame of a nation we'll never be
[Chorus]
Em
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

               C              Em7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)

              Em
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)

               C          CM7
That's holding our salvation

        Em
Oh, the state of the nation (state of the nation)

           C                   Em7
Is causing death inflation (of our salvation)

         Em
Yes, the state of the nation

           C              Em7
Is causing death inflation
[Outro] Em Am7 Em Am7 Em Em C CM7 Em7 Em C CM7 Em7 Em C CM7 Em7 Em C CM7 Em7