Random Violence

Intro 
A D x4 

 
A 
 Will they burn you in a furnace? 
D 
 Will they put you in a box? 
A                                    D 
Down in thegroundwhere the silencegrows 
 

 
A 
 And your friends will tell theirstories 
D 
 About a man who spent his life 
A                                                   D 
Sending songs out into the world, tall ships in the wind 
 

Interlude 
A        D 
 Oh, oh, oh 
A        D 
 Oh, oh, oh 

 
A 
Venus in furs down the dirty stairs 
     D 
Fake blood on your face 
                A    D 
Burning in your nose 
 

 
A 
 Jive baby on a Sunday night 
D 
 Everybody do the jerk 
A 
 Another girl, another planet 
D 
 Won't you be my ladybug? 
 

 
                           A 
You gave me something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
               A 
Something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
 

 
A 
 Will my memory grow or fade? 
D 
 Will the loops just endlessly play? 
A                         D 
 Hung up on the nights we spent with you 
 

 
A 
 When you weren't there watching trees 
D 
Johnnie played 'The Power of Love' 
                     A 
People fell to their knees 
             D 
We hoped and prayed 
 

 
                           A 
You gave me something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
               A 
Something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
 

 
      A 
All I see is random violence 
      D 
All I need are acts of kindness 
      A 
All I see are cheats and liars 
      D 
All I need are actors of kindness 
 

Interlude 
A D x2 

 
             A 
I've watched other dreams be demoted 
D 
To the closing credits 
    A                          D 
But in this empty space people congregate 
         A       D 
In their minds 
           A       D 
For all of time 
 

Interlude 
A       D 
Oh, oh, oh 
A       D 
Oh, oh, oh 

 
                           A 
You gave me something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
               A 
Something to believe in 
               D 
Something to believe in 
 

Outro 
      A 
All I see is random violence 
      D 
All I need are acts of kindness (something to believe in) 
      A 
All I see are cheats and liars 
      D 
All I need are actors of kindness (something to believe in) 
      A 
All I see is random violence 
      D 
All I need are acts of kindness (didn't know that you'd be leaving) 
      A 
All I see are cheats and liars 
      D                                                     A      D      A     D     A 
All I need are actors of kindness(didn't know that you'd be lea----ving)