Rush – Lock And Key (Guitar)

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Chords

Rush - Lock and Key - Hold Your Fire (1977) [Intro] G A Bb C G A
Eb
I don't want to face the killer instinct

Eb
Face it in you or me
[Instrumental] A B C D A B C D [Verse 1]
A           B
We carry a sensitive cargo

C               D
Below the waterline

A             B
Ticking like a time bomb

        C              D
With a primitive design

A            B
Behind the finer feelings

C                  D
This civilized veneer

A                B
The heart of a lonely hunter

C             D
Guards a dangerous frontier
[Pre-Chorus 1]
E                Gb
The balance can sometimes fail

G                    G  A  B  G
Strong emotions can tip the scale
[Chorus]
A                     B
Don't want to silence a desperate voice

C                D
For the sake of security

A                      B
No one wants to make a terrible choice

C               D
On the price of being free

A                   B               C
I don't want to face the killer instinct

            D
Face it in you or me

A             B              F  
So we keep it under lock and key

F
Lock and key
[Verse 2]
A                    B
It's not a matter of mercy

C                    D
It's not a matter of laws

A                    B
Plenty of people will kill you

            C           D
For some fanatical cause

A                     B
It's not a matter of conscience

   C                    D
A search for probable cause

A                     B
It's just a matter of instinct

C                  D
A matter of fatal flaws
[Pre-Chorus 2]
E               Gb
No reward for resistance

G                      G  A  B  G
No assistance, no applause
[Chorus]
A                B                 C
I don't want to face the killer instinct

            D
Face it in you or me

A               B            F
So we keep it under lock and key

A                B                 C
I don't want to face the killer instinct

            D
Face it in you or me

A               B            F
So we keep it under lock and key

F
Lock and key
[Guitar Solo] A B C D [Chorus]
A                     B
Don't want to silence a desperate voice

C                D
For the sake of security

A                      B
No one wants to make a terrible choice

C               D
On the price of being free

A                   B               C
I don't want to face the killer instinct

            D
Face it in you or me

A             B              F  
So we keep it under lock and key

A                   B               C
I don't want to face the killer instinct

            D
Face it in you or me

A             B              F  
So we keep it under lock and key

F
Lock and key
[Bridge]
A                    B
We don't want to be victims

C
On that we all agree

A                    B
So we lock up the killer instinct

C
And throw away the key
[Outro] E Gb G G E Gb E E A B C C A B C C E Gb G G E Gb E E