Killing For A Living Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E5][Bb5][Bb][Bb5][Bb][D5]
[D][F][B][E5][F]
[D#][E5]
[B][Bb5][Bb][E5][A5][E5]
[Bb][E5][B][E5]
[B]
[C5][E5][C5][E5][C5][G5][E5]

[Verse 1]
A sense of peace was falling [E5]on the universal night
And it gave me a pause to reason why I live
To never cease the calling
of the consequential right
And it gave me cause and
reason why they give
The first thing I remember was the
shadow 'cross my heart
And they matched the beauty
hidden in their [A5]soul
[E5]The next was 'cross the universe,

[Verse 2]
[E5]
as it came apart
And the sum of the parts
[F]became [D5]whole[D#]
[E5]Stalking

[Verse 3]
and hunting,
[D5]pro [E5]fession [B]in b[Bb5]lood[Bb]
[E5]Working the night to a [A5]throne[F5]
[E5]Chalking an outline, experience [Bb]must
[E5]In visible, never alone
[F#]I can ta[G5]ke you any[F#]where

[Verse 4]
[E5]
[F#]Take [G5]all that [Bb]you give[A5][C5][B]
[E5]I ca[G5]n free you fro[F#]m despair
Killing [G5]just to [B]live

[Verse 5]
Live to kill
Kill to [E5]live[B][C5][E5][C5][E5]
[C5]Killing [G5]for a living, killing [E5]just to live

[Verse 6]
[E5]
I looked across the answers,
though questions didn't exist
And found that I was never alone
We cut away the cancer
and continued to resist
But the outcome of the
night remained unknown
The next thing I remember were the
years across my face
And they matched only the
beauty of scars
[A5]The [E5]nex t was 'cross the
universe into time and space
And to know to[A5]gether,
[E5]we'd have to [G5]go to[E5]o fa[F]r[D5][D#][Bb][D#]

[Verse 7]
[E5]Bleeding a nation, casualty [Bb5]time[Bb]
[E5]Breaking the back of the [A5]core
[E5]Promised salvation, a casual c[B]rime[Bb]
[E5]Feeding and fucking [D5]the [E5]whore[B][E5][F5]
[F#]Make [G5]my living on bo[F#]rrowed time
[E5]I ma[F#]ke the clo[G5]ck stand sti[Bb]ll[A5][C5][B]
[F#]Keep my [G5]hands 'round [F#]what is mine
Living [G5]just [D5]to kill[E5][D5][C5][B][D5]
[E5]Live [G5]to ki[D5]ll[E5][D5][C5][B]
[D5]Kill [E5]to li[G5]ve[F#][E5][F]

[Interlude 1]
[E5][D5][G5][E5][G5][D5][G5][C#5][G5]
[F#][B][A5][G5][C#5][G5]
[E5][B][G#5][G5][C#5][G5]
[E5][F#]
[B][A5][G5][E5][G5][C#5][G5][E5]
[B][E][G5][C#5][G#5][G5]
[E5]
[A5][E5][G5][E5][D5][E5]
[G5][E5][D5][A5][E5]

[Verse 8]
[E5]C'mon, now, kill a little [A5]kindness,
[E5]give the [G5]worst of your best
[E5]C'mon, now, and shake a little madness,
put the dead to rest
[F#]I can give you reasons,
[A5]2- 5 to the [F#m]bone[G#5]
[F#]They can give you all you ever wanted
When you're far away
[A5]from home[G#5]
[E5]C'mon, now, kill a little [A5]kindness,
[E5]give [D5]the worst of your best
[E5]C'mon, now, and shake a little [A5]madness,
[E5]put the dead to [G5]rest[F#m][F#]

[Interlude 2]
[F#][A5][F#m][G#5][F#]
[F#m][A5][F#m][G#5][E5]
[A5][Em][E5][Em][E5]
[D5][A5][E5][G5][E5]

[Verse 9]
So as the plot [E5]will thicken and
time is not a friend
The blessing comes but one in a life
Across the crowded universe
that hastens to an end
Through memories of one
time in a night
And what will I remember
through the by and by
To have and hold and turn about the chill
[A5]That [E5]this was not the pause to die
But to live to [G5]kill[F5]

[Outro 1]
[D5][D#][E5][B][Bb5][E5]
[B][A5][F5][E5][B][Bb5][E5]
[A5][F5][F#][G5][F#][A5][B]
[G5][C#5][F#][G5][F#][A5]
[B][D5][G5]
[C#5][F#][G5][F#][A5][B]
[G5][C#5][F#][G5][F#][A5][B]
[D5][G5][D5][C#5][D5][G5][C#5][E5][D5]
[E5][B][Bb5][E5][D5][E5][B][A5][F5][E5]