Bury the Hatchet Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][A5][Am][A5][Am][A5][Am][F][Am][A5]
[E][Am]
[A5][G][C][A5][F][Am]
[G]Well [A5]place your

[Verse 1]
justice in my palm
And then I'll make a fist
[Am]And [A5]punch your grimaced [Am]face
Un[A5]til every knuckle breaks
And bleed[Am]s in [Dm]res ista[Am]nce
[G]to my sidewalk [Am]paint[Dm]ing

[Verse 2]
[A5]A ma[Dm]ngled bo[A5]dy twitching and[Am] regai[A5]ning
[B5]conscious[A5]ness and closure
Attempting composure before [Am]a bu[F]llet[G]
[C]In the [G]mouth [Am]answers the[C]
[G]questions of expos[Am]ure
And [A5]God [G]of S[F#m]unday School f[F]acades
[A5]And paycheques to vali[G]d [F#m]ate
the time [F]I served abroad
[Am](We will [A5]say i[G]t [F#m]all means
nothing) if I for[F]get why I'm here
To [Am]serve and protect [G]my fist [F#m]over fist
[F]Mind under matter career
[Am]That's [A5]why this [Am]sounds [A5]kind of

[Verse 3]
[Am]funny
[A5]When he [Am]falls to his [F]knees[Am]
[A5]With his hand on his throat while he [Am]beg s
[A5]you to please [Am](spa[G]re his life)[Am][A5]
[Am]Falls to his knees (when he
falls to [A5]his knees)
Falls to [F]his [G]kne[Am]es (wi[A5]th his hand on his throat
while he begs [Am]you [A5]to pl[Am]ease)[A5]

[Verse 4]
Oh [Am]all of [F]this a[G]sk[Am] for [C]change[Am]
[A5](cha[Am]nge)[G][Am]
While [A5]I ex[Am] plai[Dm]n the [G]hardest of b[Am]odies dulls the softest of knives
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am][B5][Am][C][Am][G][A5][C]
[Dm][Am]
[A5]

[Verse 5]
When [C]I hold up [Dm]his head and
[Bb]carve [Am]X's in [A5]his eyes
When [C]I hold up [Dm]his head [G]and carve
X's in [Am]his e[A5]yes[C]
[Dm]And carve X's [C]in h[A5]is eyes
[Am][C][Dm][C]

[Interlude 2]
[Dm][Am][C][Dm][A5][Am][C][Dm][A5]
[Am][C][Dm][Am]
[A5]I swear I ha[Am]ve

[Verse 6]
compassion
[A5]I've just been trained
to disregard the prisoner's life
[G]'Cause I a[Dm]m the prison [C]gua[Am]rd
[A5][G][A5]

[Verse 7]
[Am]
[A5]I swear I [G]have com[A5]passion[C]
[A5]I've just been[G] trained to disr[Am]egard[Dm]
the prison[C]er's [Am]life[A5][Am]
[G]'Cause [A5]I am the prison [C]guard[A5]

[Outro 1]
[G][A5]
[Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am][C]