A Bar In Amsterdam

	  		
 


Em 
Nine hours passed and how long will it last 
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says the man with the plan and a gun in his hand. 
     Em 
He's scared but prepared it might be as he feared 
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are they still in control, and safe behind the wall. 
       Em 
This evening's too quiet, oh we need a real riot 
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to shake and to break and to bite like a snake. 
       Em 
We're stuck in this attic so bored and so static, 
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tomorrow they'll ask us to throw off our masks. 
         Em                           G 
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight, 
         C           G            D 
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight. 
      Em                          G 
The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight, 
        C             G              D                 Em 
like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight. 


 Em 
Mary's like me she's a loser to be, 
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got a lock on her door and a bed on the floor. 
           Em 
They will know they will win and then they'll come in. 
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There's nothing you could say to lead them astray. 
     Em 
We still live in silence like sworn threats of violence. 
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I long for an end and it's coming round the bend. 
       Em 
If we live through this night and we'd still be all right. 
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We'd flee to Siam or a bar in Amsterdam. 

         Em                            G 
 But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight, 
          C           G            D 
 like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight. 
       Em                          G 
 The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight, 
         C             G              D             Em 
 like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.