LAST TO DIE 



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We took the highway till the road went black 

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We marked Truth or Consequences on our map 

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A voice drifted up from the radio 



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 Some other voice from long ago 

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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake, 

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The last to die for a mistake 

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Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break? 

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Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake 

Riff (1x) 

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The kid's asleep in the back seat 

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We're just counting the miles you and me 

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We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore 

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We just  stack the bodies outside the door 

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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake, 

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The last to die for a mistake 

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Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break? 

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Who'll be the last to die . . . for a mistake 

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The wise men were all fools. What to do? 

Riff (2x) 

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C   Em  (note variation in chord under the riff) 

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 The sun it sets in flames as the city burns 

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 Another day gone down as the night turns 

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And I hold you here in my heart 

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As things fall a-part 

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 A downtown window flushed with life 

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Faces of the dead at five 

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 Her martyr's silent eyes 

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 Petition the drivers as we pass by 

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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake, 

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The last to die for a mistake 

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Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break? 

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Who'll be the last to die . . . 

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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake, 

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The last to die for a mistake 

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Darling your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate 

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Strung up at your city gates 

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Who'll be the last to die for a mistake 

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C   Em (again variation) 

Coda 

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