Protest the Hero – Blindfolds Aside (Ukulele)

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Submitted by: [email protected] Key: B then F# Chords used: G#m - 466444 E - 022100 B - x24442 F# - 244322 Ebm - x68876 C# - x46664 Bbm - x13321 C#m - x46654 C#/F - 143xxx Bb/D - x587xx A - x02220 F - 133211 Intro: G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- x6 Verse 1:
E               Ebm
  We woke up as men but 

  G#m
tonight we'll sleep as killers

F#
As we break the cryptic 

   E
morning with a bullet 

      Ebm                    G#m
and a prayer The steel never seemed 
more cold and agile than now
    F#
And life never seems less vital 

    E              Ebm
and fragile With a heart 
G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- Chorus:
Ebm
with a heart 
that's beating louder
        B
than my own I watch a 

                G#m     Ebm
woman they call Kezia I watch a 
woman that I know I watch my hopes and my own
B
future blindfolded 

    G#m        F#           C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care 

           B
for, but a sin that paid my debts A

F#       C#/F
sin that fed my children and 

B
burned my smiles and 
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4 ci--ga---rettes Verse 2:
    Ebm
And no one ever said that hope 

      F#    C#            Ebm
would be so beautiful And no 
one ever said I'd have to
F#       C#
pull the trigger on her

Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B, 
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--
Ebm-- x4 Verse 3:
Ebm   C# Ebm         C#     B
  Five   soldiers forever sedated 

          F#                    Ebm       C#  Ebm
with the "No one's responsible" psychological drama 

   C#  B         C#   B      C#
of our social justice dribble 

Ebm      C#       Ebm
   Her tiny steps tell 

               C#                    Ebm      C#
lies about the choice I have to make Resurrect a 

 B                             C#   Bb/D
static lifetime starve to death  my own 

   Ebm             C#       Ebm
mistakes Pull the screaming trigger and watch your 

C#      B               Ebm
carcass bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to 

C#     Ebm                    C#   B     Ebm
shake away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the 

              C#   Ebm                C#  B
gun, drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun
Outro: Ebm-- x6