Chords for Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal Perform “License to Kill” on Live with Carnegie Hall
Tempo:
126.7 bpm
Chords used:
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F#m
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[A] Man thinks, [F#m] cause he rules the earth, [E] can do with it as he [A] please.
if things [F#m] don't [A] change soon, [E] he [B] will.
[D] Man has invented [A] his doom, the first step was touching [D] the moon.
Now [F#m] there's a woman [D]
on my block, [A] she just sit there,
night grows still, she say [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
Now they take him, [F#m] and they teach him, [E] and they groom [A] him for life,
[F#m] on a course where he's [E] bound to get ill.
if things [F#m] don't [A] change soon, [E] he [B] will.
[D] Man has invented [A] his doom, the first step was touching [D] the moon.
Now [F#m] there's a woman [D]
on my block, [A] she just sit there,
night grows still, she say [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
Now they take him, [F#m] and they teach him, [E] and they groom [A] him for life,
[F#m] on a course where he's [E] bound to get ill.
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[A] Man thinks, [F#m] cause he rules the earth, [E] can do with it as he [A] please.
And if things [F#m] don't _ [A] change soon, [E] he [B] will.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] Man has invented [A] his doom, the first step was touching [D] the moon. _ _
_ _ Now [F#m] there's a woman [D] _
on my block, [A] she just sit there,
so night grows still, she say _ [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill? _
_ _ _ Now they take him, [F#m] and they teach him, _ [E] _ and they groom [A] him for life,
and they set him [F#m] on a course where he's [E] bound to get ill.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] Bury him with stars, sell his body like they [D] do used cars.
_ _ [F#m] Now there's a woman on my block, [D] she [F#m] just sit [D] there, [F#m] face in the [D] hill,
she [A] say _ [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
[F#] _ _ _
[A] Now he's hellbent for [F#m] destruction, _
_ [E] he's [A] afraid and confused,
and his [B] brain has [F#m] been _ mismanaged [C#m] with great skill.
[E] _ _ _ _
[D] And all he [A] believes are his eyes, and his eyes [D] just telling _ lies.
_ _ [F#m] Now there's a [D] woman on my block, she just sit there, in a cold chill,
she [A] say _ [E]
who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
[B] _ _ [A] _ It [D] may be noisemaker, spirit maker, _ [F#m] heartbreaker, backbreaker, leave no stone [E] unturned.
[D] Might be an actor in a plot, might be all that you've got, [B] till your [E] errors clearly [F#m] learn.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now he _ worships [F#m] at an altar _ [G#] _ [A] of a stagnant pool, and when he sees [F#m] his reflection, _ _ [G#] he's [A] fulfilled. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Man is [A] opposed to fair play, he wants it all and he wants [D] it his way.
[Em] _ [A] _ _
[F#m] Now there's a woman [D] on [F#m] my block, [D]
she just sit there, as the night grows still, _
[C#m] she say _ [A] _ [E] who's gonna take away his license to [A] kill? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Man thinks, [F#m] cause he rules the earth, [E] can do with it as he [A] please.
And if things [F#m] don't _ [A] change soon, [E] he [B] will.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] Man has invented [A] his doom, the first step was touching [D] the moon. _ _
_ _ Now [F#m] there's a woman [D] _
on my block, [A] she just sit there,
so night grows still, she say _ [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill? _
_ _ _ Now they take him, [F#m] and they teach him, _ [E] _ and they groom [A] him for life,
and they set him [F#m] on a course where he's [E] bound to get ill.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] Bury him with stars, sell his body like they [D] do used cars.
_ _ [F#m] Now there's a woman on my block, [D] she [F#m] just sit [D] there, [F#m] face in the [D] hill,
she [A] say _ [E] who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
[F#] _ _ _
[A] Now he's hellbent for [F#m] destruction, _
_ [E] he's [A] afraid and confused,
and his [B] brain has [F#m] been _ mismanaged [C#m] with great skill.
[E] _ _ _ _
[D] And all he [A] believes are his eyes, and his eyes [D] just telling _ lies.
_ _ [F#m] Now there's a [D] woman on my block, she just sit there, in a cold chill,
she [A] say _ [E]
who's gonna take away his [A] license to kill?
[B] _ _ [A] _ It [D] may be noisemaker, spirit maker, _ [F#m] heartbreaker, backbreaker, leave no stone [E] unturned.
[D] Might be an actor in a plot, might be all that you've got, [B] till your [E] errors clearly [F#m] learn.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now he _ worships [F#m] at an altar _ [G#] _ [A] of a stagnant pool, and when he sees [F#m] his reflection, _ _ [G#] he's [A] fulfilled. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Man is [A] opposed to fair play, he wants it all and he wants [D] it his way.
[Em] _ [A] _ _
[F#m] Now there's a woman [D] on [F#m] my block, [D]
she just sit there, as the night grows still, _
[C#m] she say _ [A] _ [E] who's gonna take away his license to [A] kill? _ _
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