Saturday, 27 March 2021

It's Not 1984

178 BPM / Capo 2

VERSE
Dm                 Am
To those who call for uprising
C                 G
And bloodshed to begin

Am          C          G
Who holler that the system 
must be torn down from within


BRIDGE
Em                                     Am
If you want to drive out the dark
F                                          G
Well stand up with light in your heart

CHORUS
C                            Am                         Em                     G
You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions 
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

VERSE
An eye for an eye
Makes the whole world blind

With peace in your actions
There's peace in your mind

BRIDGE
If you want to drive out the dark
F                                          G
Well stand up with light in your heart

CHORUS

MIDDLE
In the cacophony, I hear a single melody
So would you come along and sing this song with me? 

We can use harmonies to sing of what we dream this little world could be
You can be mad, you can be angry 
In this time where words are feeling so unheard

We write songs about our worries 
Sing out loud to share our stories 
In the hopes that someone near or far can hear our words and feel them in their heart

OUTRO
You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - You want to tear down institutions
You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - You want fight for dissolution
You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - You want to dish out retribution
You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - You're demanding prosecutions



LYRICS
To those who call for uprising
And bloodshed to begin

Who holler that the system 
must be torn down from within


If you want to drive out the dark
Well stand up with light in your heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions 
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

An eye for an eye
Makes the whole world blind

With peace in your actions
There's peace in your mind

If you want to drive out the dark
Well stand up with light in your heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions 
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

In the cacophony, I hear a single melody
So would you come along and sing this song with me? 

We can use harmonies to sing of what we dream this little world could be
You can be mad, you can be angry 
In this time where words are feeling so unheard

We write songs about our worries 
Sing out loud to share our stories 
In the hopes that someone near or far can hear our words and feel them in their heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions 
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

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