Chords for Mark Farner - The Writing On The Wall 1988

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_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] In [Em] a world full [F] of lies and [G] confusion, [Am] seems [G] that happiness [F] is just an [G] illusion.
_ [D] The world is [G] falling down [F] around [C] us, [D] _ it seems we're never [E] gonna learn.
_ [Am] Doesn't anybody see [G] the writing [F] on the wall?
[Am] Will you cry for this [G] old country when [C] it falls?
[E] _ [Am] When you're looking through tears, [G] they magnetize [F] the pain.
_ Cause we've watched it slip [G] away [Am] again.
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_ [Am] [Em] I've been thinking [C] about the past generation.
[Am] _ We're not the [Em] only ones [F] who've had a few [Em]
temptations.
[F] Destruction then was just a [Am] sample. _ _
[Dm] Why can't we learn from their [E] example?
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Doesn't anybody [G] see the writing [F] on the wall? _
[Am] Will you cry for [G] this old country [C] when it falls?
[E] _
[Am] When you're looking through [G] tears, they [F] magnify the pain. _
[Am] Cause we've watched it [G] slip away _ [Am] again. _ _
[G] _ _ [F] [G] We've [Am] watched it slip away again. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] Selfish thoughts degrade [F] the values of a nation.
[Am] We [G] can't evade the [F] end by taking a vacation.
[Dm] What would it take to [F] make you listen?
_ _ [Dm] What about our children [E] that are missing?
_ [Am] Doesn't anybody [G] see the writing [F] on the wall?
_ Will you [C] cry for [G] this old country [C] when it falls?
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[F] Magnify the pain.
_ Cause we've watched it [G] slip away _ [D] again.
_ [Am] We've watched it [Em] slip away.
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_ [F] [Am] We've watched it slip away again.
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_ [F] [G] We've watched it [Am] slip away.
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_ [F] _ [Am] _ Teach it every day.
[G] Watch it for a say.
_ [F] [G] We've watched [Am] it slip away.
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_ [F] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ Oh, [G] _
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_ [F] [G] we've watched it [Am] slip away.
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