Chords for Ties That Bind - Ulysses Dies at Dawn - The Mechanisms

_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] You [A] engineered [Db] _ the [Dm] beast that [Cm] stalks the street _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Making [Db] deals with the monsters [Dm] so much worse
Playing [E] games with lives and bringing [C] down his case
_ _ [Dm] _
_ Mother, [Gm] father, [Bb] _ _ [Db] _
you brought a name [Dm] down low Where [Cm] the sea [F] once laid out [Dm] our feet
Now [Db] we're working with these lowlifes [Dm] just to eat
_ _ [E] _ _
I reap [C] what you sow, [Dm] you _ _ [E] untrue child
_ [Am] My family will [Dm] rise again, [Bb] we'll be cleansed [E] by what's ours
[A] [Am] The line of [Dm] day reborn [Bb] from the ashes [E] ran and that is [A] medical
[Am]
The law we remain [Dm] instead of [Bb] when it's not [E] forgotten, pay [A] it better
[Am]
The city [Dm] shall be ours [Bb] once [E] again, [Am] once again
I [Gm] _ _ _ [A] tried to write [Dm] your arms, [Cm] but for so [F] [Bb] long
Had _ _ [A] cast a dark-horned shadow [Dm] over my life
_ [E] Ripping minds from distant backstages, [C] dripping strife
_ [Dm] You promised _ _ [Gm] freedom _ _ [A] from the infamy [Dm] you wrought
You built [Cm] the [F] labyrinth [Bb] from blood and pain
[A] The beast, yes, I thought could hide [Dm] the stain
_ But [E] he needs, can't [Am] be bought [C] from [Dm] the ties [E] that bind
_ _ [Am] _
My family will [Dm] rise again, [E] we'll be cleansed by what's ours
[A] _ [Am]
The line of [Dm] day reborn [Bb] from the ashes [E] ran and that is [A] medical
[Am]
The law we remain [Dm] instead of [Bb] when it's not [E] forgotten, pay it [A] better
[Am]
The city [Dm] shall be ours [Bb] once [E] again, [Am] once again
So [Gm] _ _ _ [A] feast the eyes, hunted [Dm] for
Your [Cm] mind _
[Bb] _ adored
_ With [A] the strings of code I gave it [Dm] wasn't hard
_ To [E] find it [Dbm] and [E] reactivate [C] its scars
_ [Dm] You tried to [Gm] fight it, but [A] its programming went out of [Dm] control
_ The [Cm] last thing [Bb] in a [F] sparking matter [Bb] will be
_ My preening [A] hero, claimed all credit for [Dm] defeat
_ _ _ [E] [Dbm] Completing [E] _ [Am] my fall in [Dm] _
dishonor, I [E] have died
_ [Am] _
My family will [Dm] rise again, [E] we'll be cleansed by what's ours
[A] _ [Am]
The line of [Dm] day reborn [Gm] from the [E] ashes ran and that [A] is [Am] medical
The law we [Dm] remain instead of [Bb] when it's not [E] forgotten, [A] pay it better
[Am]
The city [Dm] shall be ours [C] once again, [A] once [Am] again
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Mother, [A] _ _ father, you're both [Dm] long dead
_ _ [Cm] I was betrayed [F] by the one I [Bb] was to hate
There [A] was no love there, my heartstrings [D] long since [Dm] cut
_ The [E] minor snow blame _ lies in the [Am] _
mud
But not for long _ _