[A] [A]
[D]Like weeds on a rockface [G]waiting for the scythe
Rico[Ab]chet - rico[A]chet
The [D]world is on a corner [G]waiting for jobs
Rico[D]chet - rico[G]chet
Turn the holy [E]pictures so they face the [A]wall
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Men wait for news while thousands are still asleep
[A]Dreaming of tramlines factories pieces of machinery
[A]Mine shafts things like that
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[A]Sound of the devil breaking parole
[E]Ricochet - it's not the end of the world
[D]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[G]Sound of the devil breaking parole
Rico[E]chet - rico[A]chet
[D]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[G]Teaching life in a violent new way
Rico[D]chet - rico[G]chet
Turn the holy [E]pictures so they face the [A]wall
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Early, before the sun, they struggle off to the gates
[A]In their secret fearful places they see their lives
[A]Unravelling before them
[A]March of flowers - march of dimes
[A]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Sound of the devil breaking parole
[E]Ricochet it's not the end of the world
[A]But when they get home, damp eyed and weary
They smile and crush their children to their heaving chests
Making unfulfillable promises
For who can bear to be forgotten
[D]Like weeds on a rockface [G]waiting for the scythe
Rico[Ab]chet - rico[A]chet
The [D]world is on a corner [G]waiting for jobs
Rico[D]chet - rico[G]chet
Turn the holy [E]pictures so they face the [A]wall
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Men wait for news while thousands are still asleep
[A]Dreaming of tramlines factories pieces of machinery
[A]Mine shafts things like that
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[A]Sound of the devil breaking parole
[E]Ricochet - it's not the end of the world
[D]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[G]Sound of the devil breaking parole
Rico[E]chet - rico[A]chet
[D]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[G]Teaching life in a violent new way
Rico[D]chet - rico[G]chet
Turn the holy [E]pictures so they face the [A]wall
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]And who can bear to be forgotten
[A]March of flowers, march of dimes
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Early, before the sun, they struggle off to the gates
[A]In their secret fearful places they see their lives
[A]Unravelling before them
[A]March of flowers - march of dimes
[A]Sound of thunder, sound of gold
[A]These are the prisons, these are the crimes
[A]Sound of the devil breaking parole
[E]Ricochet it's not the end of the world
[A]But when they get home, damp eyed and weary
They smile and crush their children to their heaving chests
Making unfulfillable promises
For who can bear to be forgotten
