Bm                    A
  Somewhere there's a choice being made
Bm                    A        A/F#    G
  For the mass by the will of a broken few
              F#m
Guided by the hand of the guilty
G              A
  Praised as a cure for a curse
Bm                    A
  When really this is all catastrophic
Bm                          A         A/F#    G
  And we're tethered to the hull of a sinking ship
                 F#m
Scratching for a breath at the surface
G                 A
  Praying for the ropes to slip


[Chorus]
Bm                                      A       Bm
 I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth
                G          F#m
As soon as they learned to speak
            D    Em
We would be suffering
Bm                           A     Bm
Sucking on the scraps of a wicked wealth
        G        F#m             D    Em
We were bound by need to vicious villainy


[Post-Chorus]
Em7                        Bm
  Tear it down, start again
        Em7                            Bm
Erasing every trace so stale scars can mend
               G
Then we will sing
     Bm                   G
"The way things used to be"
     Bm                   G
"The way things used to be"
     Bm                   G
"The way things used to be"


[Bridge]
Bm
  Tear it down, start again

Bm F Bm F G D G F#m


[Chorus]
Bm                                      A       Bm
 I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth
                G          F#m
As soon as they learned to speak
            D    Em
We would be suffering
Bm                          A     Bm
Sucking on the scraps of a wicked wealth
        G        F#m             D    Em
We were bound by need to vicious villainy

Bm                                      A       Bm
 I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth
                G          F#m
As soon as they learned to speak
            D    Em
We would be suffering
Bm                          A     Bm
Sucking on the scraps of a wicked wealth
        G        F#m             D    Em
We were bound by need to vicious villainy

Bm                                      A       Bm
 I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth
                G          F#m
As soon as they learned to speak
            D    Em
We would be suffering
Bm                          A     Bm
Sucking on the scraps of a wicked wealth
        G        F#m             D    Em
We were bound by need to vicious villainy