[Intro]
Am G F E  (x2)
 
[Verse 1]
Am                             F         C                  G
Just to think that not so long ago was a man who risked his life
                       F    C          G
Who challenged all the lies offered as sacred truth
        E
Just to cast a brighter light
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                F C    G              E              F C
The notion that we can live as one in perfect harmony
  G               E          F   C        G         E          F
Requires a common sensibility to teach an intellectual capacity
     C    G                 Am  C
That I believe... Is in the air!
         G    E       Am       C      G      D E
But everywhere is the ultimate act of treason
       Am C       G    E           F                 C    G
How so few can be aware that their nation's heart is bleeding
 
 
[Chorus]
    Am           F        C     G
And oh, when the violence has begun
     E                                 Am
We decree the pen more mighty than the gun
          F       C        G
While the fools believe as one
        E           F   C  G E  Am  G  Am
In this unrepentant age of unreason
 
 
[Verse 2]
Am                             F         C                    G
Just to think that not so long ago was a man who received the seal
                   F        C            G
He peddled blatant lies and brought back tyranny
     E
To divide his people with zeal
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
    F C    G              E              F C
But we can live as one in perfect harmony
     G               E          F   C        G         E          F
It requires a common sensibility to teach an intellectual capacity
     C    G                 Am  C
That I believe... Is in the air!
         G    E       Am       C      G      D E
But everywhere is the ultimate act of treason
       Am C       G    E           F                 C    G
How so few can be aware that their nation's heart is bleeding
 
 
[Chorus]
    Am      F         C         G
But I, as a child who plays for fun
         E                         Am
With his eye up to the barrel of a gun
          F       C        G
Watch the fools believe as one
        E           F   C  G E  Am
In this unrepentant age of unreason
         F        C     G
Now that darkness has begun
     E                                 Am
We decree the pen more mighty than the gun
          F       C        G
While the fools believe as one
        E           F   C  G E | Am G F E (x4)
In this unrepentant age of unreason