Cease Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C][Bm][B5][Em][C][Bm][Em][Bm][Am][Bm][Em][C][Bm]
[B5][Em][D][Bm][Em][Bm][Em]

[Verse 1]
[D]Blacktop [C]pavement cover [G]me
[Em]Like a chemical reaction or
[Am]a steam roller
[C]Spreading [D]randomly
[Em]There's a

[Verse 2]
distant [D]and a low [C]frequency
[G]It [Em]tickles my ear,[D]
it rumbles [C]under my [G]feet
And it [Am]shakes the leaves off of
[C]every [D]tree [C](violently)
[G]Wha[D]t preten[Em]sion! Eve[D]rlasting
[C]peace[Am]
[C]Everything [Am]must [D]ce[B5]ase[Bm][Em]
[Am][C][Bm][Em][C][Bm][B]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Institu[D] tion on[C] the Hi[G]ll
Like a [Em]beacon in the mind of an [Am]ancestor
To ig[C]nite a people's [D]will
[Em]There's a shadowed

[Verse 4]
[D]stain
on the [C]west [G]facade
[Em]It has spread like dec[D]ay
to en[C]shroud the [G]fraud
And the [Am]descendants find [C]oh [D]so [C]odd
[G](o [D]h so odd)
What pre[Em]tension!
[D]Everlasting [Am]peace
[C]Everything [Am]must [D]ce[B]ase[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][G]
[Am][C][D][C][G][Bm][B5][Bm]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Grave me[D]morial [C]hewn white [G]stone
Like the [Em]comforting caress of a [Am]mother
Or [C]a friend you've always [D]known

[Verse 6]
It [Em]evokes such [D]pain and sig[C]nific[G]ance
[Em]What was once,
is [D]reduced [C]to [G]rememberence
And [Am]the generations pass
[C]without recom[D]pense
[C]What [G]pre[D]ten[Em]sion! Ever
[D]lasting [Am]peace
[D]Everything [B5]must [Em]cease

[Outro 1]
[Am][C][B][Em][Am][Bm]
[Em][Bm][C][B][Em][Bm][D][C][B][C][Am][D]