Tom: C Intro: Lead Guitar (Play Twice) E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1----------1-1-1-1------------------------------- G----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3---------------- D----------------------------------------------------1-----3--5------------- A------------------------------------------------------3---1--5------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------3---(p.s.)---- 2nd Guitar: C G# C C G# C C G# C Bb G (p.s.) C G# C Come and see the brilliant lights C G# C Don't let your emotions mask your sight C G# C It's a manifestation of a deeper fight Bb G That effects me and you C G# C My optimism was running high C G# C A new world order was on my mind C G# C But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say Bb G They're throwing it away . . . (highG) Chorus I: Eb Bb C Bb C And the fertile crescent is burning today Eb Bb F highG And baby my emotions are too Eb Bb C Bb C The cradle of humanity has led us all astray G# Bb G And we're all in this together don't you know G# Bb Cause our species has nowhere else to go. C G# C Aggression rears its ugly head, C G# C Retaliation brings further dread C G# C The two are linked by unseen threads Bb G That wind back through time C G# C I don't agree with this out-dated trend, C G# C Nationalism's but an evil friend C G# C Hatred's instilled by invisible lines Bb G Drawn in our minds Chorus II: Eb Bb C Bb C And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today Eb Bb F highG And baby our instincts are too Eb Bb C Bb C The ghost of humanity is warning us this way G# Bb G And I think we all should heed it don't you know, G# Bb Cause we don't know where else to go. Solo: E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9-------------- G----------------3-1-0-0-1-0------------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(B)---------- D----------------------------3---------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------11--11-10-------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---5---5-5---8---8-8------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus III: Eb Bb C Bb C And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today Eb Bb F highG And baby our instincts are too Eb Bb C Bb C The ghost of humanity is warning us this way G# Bb G And I think we all should heed it don't you know G# Bb Cause we've got nowhere else to go. High G = ----------------- --8-------------- --7----or----12-- --5----------12-- -------------10-- ----------------- (p.s.) = pick slide. (B) = bend.