Rise Against — Broken Dreams Inc.

[Intro]:
A5       C5 G5 D5
A5       C5 G5 D5
A5       C5 G5 D5   Am

[Verse 1]:
        Am                  F
I have seen what you call progress
       C              G
Every warning sign ignored
           Am               F
There’s a muffled voice of reason
        C                 G
But we can’t make out the words

[Verse 2]:
            A5                   F5
Though the balance we struck was delicate
            C5                   G5
There was a sense of right and wrong
            A5                    F5
We tried to stem this flow with a tourniquet
            C5                  G5
But now the patient’s dead and gone

[Bridge]:
        F5   G5              A5
When we owe more than we’re worth
              F5          G5           A5
And they’re changing the locks on the doors
            F5                 G5
We raised glasses high to the bottom line
       A5               B/A5
On a street engulfed in flames
    F5           G5   F5 E5
But on goes the show…

[Chorus]:
         Am
When the city streets are barricaded
              F5        C5  G5
A chaos we ourselves created
      A5        B/A5  C5        D5  G5            F5  C5 G5
When there’s nothing left, tell me where will you go?
            A5         C5
When the factories are automated
D5               F5        C5 G5
Broken dreams incorporated
 A5    B/A5   C5          D5     G5        F5
Gather your things, but there’s nowhere to go

[Solo]:
A5       C5 G5

[Interlude 1]:
         A5         F5
We are children of lesser gods
C5              G5
Better angels, darker days
           A5        F5
But we’re holding on to this cause
            C5           G5
Like palm trees in a hurricane
    F5          G5
We chase every second
     A5            B/A5
In clothes that we slept in
          F5        G5
But they still got away

[Chorus]:
         A5           B/A5 C5     D5
When the city streets are barricaded
   G5         F5        C5  G5
A chaos we ourselves created
      A5        B/A5  C5        D5  G5            F5  C5 G5
When there’s nothing left, tell me where will you go?
            A5         C5
When the factories are automated
D5               F5        C5 G5
Broken dreams incorporated
 A5    B/A5   C5          D5     G5        F5  Am
Gather your things, but there’s nowhere to go

[Interlude 2]:
           Am G C F Am G F5
Nowhere to go
          Am
Was this place ever our home?
            G
Were these lines ever our own?
             C
Are we just reading from the pages
      F               G
Just putting on a show?
         Am
Are you along just for the ride?
          G
Keep all hands and feet inside
           C
Will you steer us all to safety
       F                    G     F5 G5
So at least they know you tried?

[Outro]:
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Broken dreams           Broken dreams, inc
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Broken dreams           Broken dreams, inc
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Broken dreams           Broken dreams, inc
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Broken dreams           Broken dreams, inc
    A5      B/A5  C5       D5    G5             F5  C5 G5
No longer asking, We are taking (Broken dreams, inc)
  A5         B/A5 C5          D5  G5             F5  C5 G5 A5
Tomorrow will be What we make it (Broken dreams, inc)