[Verse 1]
C              G                Am
Everywhere you looked there was confusion, violence,
Em        F G
drama and drugs
C                 G               Am
So many righteous revolutionaries spouting
Em      F
utopian love
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
E                          Am
Everyone shrouded in purple haze
         E                                 Am
Then one day they woke up from their dream state
           Ab                               Eb
They found themselves no more at peace then before
                   G
Older, meek and conformed
 
[Chorus]
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
  F                       G
A bluster for the soul, a fix for the mind
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
F             G         C   G
Cling to everything you find
 
[Verse 2]
C                             G               Am
Well, the shots rang out like popcorn and the chief was hit
    Em            F  G
and rushed out of sight
C                   G                 Am              Em
The mohawk-chained, leather brigade rejoiced maliciously
        F
on that night
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
E                                 Am
Someone cried out "Fuck the government"
E                                 Am
His mates couldn't define what he meant
      Ab                       Eb
So no one gave him the time of day
                   G
And the scene died away
 
[Chorus]
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
  F                    G
A war for the body, an army in the mind
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
F               G           C
Losing steam as time goes by
 
[Bridge]
F*               G*        C*     B*   Am*
Could it be that everybody selfishly desires
Ab                 Eb  Bb
Their own personal retinue?
         F*         G*            C*       B*       Am*
And that causes are just manifestations of too much time,
Ab                   Eb  G
And far too little to do? Let's go!
 
[Solo]
C G Am
Em F G
C G Am
Em F
E Am
E Am
Ab Eb G
 
[Chorus]
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
F                       G
Direction for the soul, conviction for the mind
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
F              G
Cling to it all, everything you find
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
  F                    G
A war for the body and an army in the mind
C G   Am    Em
Empty causes
F                    G        C  G  Am  Em  F  G
You've got yours and I've got miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, alright
 
[Outro]
F               C*
Aah aah aah aah aah