Algiers

The Underside Of Power

Algiers


Tom: Cm

Cm
Broken shards
Cm
All that we are at sometime
Cm
Scattered around
Cm
What you try to control all your life
Cm
It's not a matter of fate, it's just a question of time
Cm
And we all fall down
Cm
It's not a matter of fate, it's just a question of time
Cm
And we all fall down


[Verse 1]
Cm
I've been stranded and paid to die on the side of the road
Cm
I've been shot just because my heart
Cm
I've lost the times I've been bought and sold
Cm
I've been the victim of golden eyes
Cm            Fm
I've seen the dead walk among the living
Cm                                            Fm
In division, what's stripped away is made the same on the other side


[Chorus]
        Eb            Fm           Cm
Because I've seen the underside of power
       Bb                 Eb
It's a game that can't go on
         Fm             Cm
It could break down any hour
                Bb                        Cm
I've seen their faces and I've known them all


[Verse 2]
Cm
Once I vanished to reappear as an object of love
Cm
I've been ripped from the inside out
Cm
And then delivered in the hands of the devil
Cm
I've been convicted of ancient crimes
Cm          Fm
And made to drift from Hell to treason
Cm                                            Fm
In division, what's stripped away is made the same on the other side


[Chorus]
        Eb            Fm           Cm
Because I've seen the underside of power
            Bb                 Eb
It's just a game that can't go on
         Fm             Cm
It could break down any hour
                Bb                        Eb
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
       Fm           Cm      Bb
On the underside of ... woo hoo
Eb                             Fm
We're on the wrong side of the power
       Cm
It's a shadow
            Bb                     Cm
It's just a fire thrown across the wall


[Bridge]

Cm Bb Ab Gm Fm Eb Dm x2

Cm

[Chorus]
        Eb            Fm           Cm
Because I've seen the underside of power
            Bb                 Eb
It's just a game that can't go on
         Fm             Cm
It could break down any hour
                Bb                        Eb
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
       Fm           Cm      Bb
On the underside of ... woo hoo
Eb                             Fm
We're on the wrong side of the power
       Cm
It's a shadow
            Bb                     Eb
It's just a fire thrown across the wall
                      Fm           Cm
Because I've seen the underside of power
            Bb                 Eb
It's just a game that can't go on
         Fm             Cm
It could break down any hour
                Bb                        Eb
I've seen their faces and I've known them all