Chords for Tom Morello - Midnight in the City of Destruction

_ _ _ This is a song that was written for the outgoing president.
I spent a lot of time in New Orleans over the course of the last three years since Katrina.
And it's a, you know, witnessing the destruction there, it made me realize that it was a very
much a natural disaster that became a man-made catastrophe.
Were you surprised that Louisiana went to, went to?
Well there's a lot of Louisiana that's, you know, first of all, many of the [B] people who
were victimized by Katrina aren't even living in the state anymore.
Correct.
You know, they're in Baltimore.
Correct.
I'm sure they voted blue.
But, you know, it really got me thinking about the idea of irredeemable loss.
And whether it's the ninth ward of New Orleans or whether it's a family member or whether
it's a country soul, sometimes once you lose something you might not be able to get it back.
This song is called Midnight in the City of Destruction.
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_ _ _ _ There's an old green shed at the [Eb] end of an [Abm] overgrown driveway.
_ And years ago that shed collapsed and fell.
_ [Gb] Years [Dbm] before that, there's a withered dog chained up there.
[Abm] I saved him, maybe he saved me as well.
_ [Ebm] Now he's gone, and I think I've come [Gb] undone.
_ And [Abm] it's midnight [Dbm] in the city [Abm] of destruction.
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[Abm] _ _ _ There's music in the air and sweet abandon.
_ They're singing across the farm in the evening breeze.
[Dbm] But there's someone in the rows who's unwanted.
_ _ [Abm] And now they've cut the faithful from the trees.
_ [Ebm] And the bulldozers move in [Gb] one by one.
[Abm] And it's midnight in [Dbm] the city of [Abm] destruction.
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I lost my guitar, my home, my hope, and my good fortune.
_ I lost my grandfather, two neighbors, and my friend.
_ [Dbm] I pray that God himself will come and drown the president [Gb] if [Abm] _ the levees break again.
_ Now [Ebm] we're standing at the crossroads [Gb] waiting for instruction.
_ [Abm] It's midnight [Dbm] in the city [Abm] of destruction.
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There's a secret prison somewhere south of 60.
_ And in that secret prison [B] [Abm] there's a secret cell.
_ [Gb] And [Dbm] the prisoners bound and burned, blinded and beaten.
_ Still [Abm] that secret prisoner keeps his secret well.
_ [Ebm] Turn out the lights, cause for one night [Gb] that's enough, son.
[Abm] It's midnight [Dbm] in the city [Abm] of [B] destruction.
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