Chords for Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette (Live at The Point, 2006)
Tempo:
70.15 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
D
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em] [C] They dropped the bomb in [Em] 45 to end the world war.
[C] [D] No one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight [Am] before.
The world looked [G] on with eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] The politics of [Em] power passed around a seed.
[D] It was a time to remember.
We never can forget they were [Em] playing [C] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[E] [D]
[E] [C] They rose [G] like the [Em] saviors of our modern human race.
[C] With [D] radiation [Em] halos hung about their [C] face.
With the key to the cure, [Em] the treatment of our [C] ills.
A hot [D] shot of [Em] cobalt and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the [E] sea.
While they crept in among us like a carrier disease.
[D]
[C] [G] Deep down in the bunkers [Em] of the concrete and the lead.
[C]
Einstein's disciples [Em] walking steadily [C] ahead.
Making heavy [D] metal [Em] power plants to fire the city lights.
[C] All [D] you can hear in [Em] the underground is the humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security.
Circle all around where they spill [C] out their poison.
And [Em] bury it in the ground.
[E] [D] [Em] [C] Hold up in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly [C] away.
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the [D] military masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The [D] soldiers get doped up and stumbled through the lines.
And the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call [C] this security.
[E] I call it suicide.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] Our [G] statesmen and leaders on [Em] their politicians pay.
[C] They're quick to heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they [C] say.
They call out experts [D] to assure [Em] us.
To wave their magic wands.
[C] This is [D] the power of the [Em] future.
And the future marches on.
[D] And then they call in all their favours.
All their political [E] gains.
While the spills fill [C] the rivers.
And [Em] settle in the plains.
[D] [Em] [C] I know the minds behind them [Em] are riddled full of [C] holes.
Not [D] to be trusted [Em] with their hands at the [C] controls.
Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades of [Em] flattery.
There's music to their [D] ears.
To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
[Em] [E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[D] [G] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em] [C] They dropped the bomb in [Em] 45 to end the world war.
[C] [D] No one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight [Am] before.
The world looked [G] on with eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] The politics of [Em] power passed around a seed.
[D] It was a time to remember.
We never can forget they were [Em] playing [C] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[E] [D]
[E] [C] They rose [G] like the [Em] saviors of our modern human race.
[C] With [D] radiation [Em] halos hung about their [C] face.
With the key to the cure, [Em] the treatment of our [C] ills.
A hot [D] shot of [Em] cobalt and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the [E] sea.
While they crept in among us like a carrier disease.
[D]
[C] [G] Deep down in the bunkers [Em] of the concrete and the lead.
[C]
Einstein's disciples [Em] walking steadily [C] ahead.
Making heavy [D] metal [Em] power plants to fire the city lights.
[C] All [D] you can hear in [Em] the underground is the humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security.
Circle all around where they spill [C] out their poison.
And [Em] bury it in the ground.
[E] [D] [Em] [C] Hold up in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly [C] away.
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the [D] military masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The [D] soldiers get doped up and stumbled through the lines.
And the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call [C] this security.
[E] I call it suicide.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] Our [G] statesmen and leaders on [Em] their politicians pay.
[C] They're quick to heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they [C] say.
They call out experts [D] to assure [Em] us.
To wave their magic wands.
[C] This is [D] the power of the [Em] future.
And the future marches on.
[D] And then they call in all their favours.
All their political [E] gains.
While the spills fill [C] the rivers.
And [Em] settle in the plains.
[D] [Em] [C] I know the minds behind them [Em] are riddled full of [C] holes.
Not [D] to be trusted [Em] with their hands at the [C] controls.
Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades of [Em] flattery.
There's music to their [D] ears.
To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
[Em] [E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[D] [G] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[E]
Key:
Em
C
D
E
G
Em
C
D
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C] They dropped the bomb in [Em] 45 to end the world war.
[C] [D] No one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight [Am] before.
The world looked [G] on with eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] The politics of [Em] power passed around a seed.
[D] It was a time to remember.
We never can forget they were [Em] playing [C] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[E] _ [D] _
_ [E] _ [C] They rose [G] like the [Em] saviors of our modern human race.
[C] With [D] radiation [Em] halos hung about their [C] face.
With the key to the cure, [Em] the treatment of our [C] ills.
A hot [D] shot of [Em] cobalt and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the [E] sea.
While they crept in among us like a carrier disease.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] [G] Deep down in the bunkers [Em] of the concrete and the lead.
[C] _
Einstein's disciples [Em] walking steadily [C] ahead.
Making heavy [D] metal [Em] power plants to fire the city lights.
[C] All [D] you can hear in [Em] the underground is the humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security.
Circle all around where they spill [C] out their poison.
And [Em] bury it in the ground.
[E] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] Hold up in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly [C] away.
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the [D] military masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The [D] soldiers get doped up and stumbled through the lines.
And the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call [C] this security.
[E] I call it suicide.
[C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[C] Our [G] statesmen and leaders on [Em] their politicians pay.
[C] They're quick to heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they [C] say.
They call out experts [D] to assure [Em] us.
To wave their magic wands.
[C] This is [D] the power of the [Em] future.
And the future marches on.
[D] And then they call in all their favours.
All their political [E] gains.
While the spills fill [C] the rivers.
And [Em] settle in the plains.
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [C] I know the minds behind them [Em] are riddled full of [C] holes.
Not [D] to be trusted [Em] with their hands at the [C] controls.
Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades of [Em] flattery.
There's music to their [D] ears.
To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
[Em] _ [E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C] They dropped the bomb in [Em] 45 to end the world war.
[C] [D] No one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight [Am] before.
The world looked [G] on with eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] The politics of [Em] power passed around a seed.
[D] It was a time to remember.
We never can forget they were [Em] playing [C] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[E] _ [D] _
_ [E] _ [C] They rose [G] like the [Em] saviors of our modern human race.
[C] With [D] radiation [Em] halos hung about their [C] face.
With the key to the cure, [Em] the treatment of our [C] ills.
A hot [D] shot of [Em] cobalt and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the [E] sea.
While they crept in among us like a carrier disease.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] [G] Deep down in the bunkers [Em] of the concrete and the lead.
[C] _
Einstein's disciples [Em] walking steadily [C] ahead.
Making heavy [D] metal [Em] power plants to fire the city lights.
[C] All [D] you can hear in [Em] the underground is the humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security.
Circle all around where they spill [C] out their poison.
And [Em] bury it in the ground.
[E] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] Hold up in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly [C] away.
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the [D] military masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The [D] soldiers get doped up and stumbled through the lines.
And the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call [C] this security.
[E] I call it suicide.
[C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[C] Our [G] statesmen and leaders on [Em] their politicians pay.
[C] They're quick to heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they [C] say.
They call out experts [D] to assure [Em] us.
To wave their magic wands.
[C] This is [D] the power of the [Em] future.
And the future marches on.
[D] And then they call in all their favours.
All their political [E] gains.
While the spills fill [C] the rivers.
And [Em] settle in the plains.
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [C] I know the minds behind them [Em] are riddled full of [C] holes.
Not [D] to be trusted [Em] with their hands at the [C] controls.
Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades of [Em] flattery.
There's music to their [D] ears.
To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
[Em] _ [E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [Em] Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
[C] Hiroshima, [Em] Nagasaki, Russian Roulette.
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _