Tom: C F Am And now they're trying to take my life away F F G Gsus4 Gsus2 forever young I cannot stay . F Am On every corner I can see them there F F G Gsus4 They don't know my name they, don't know my kin d Am F They're after you with their promises (Promises of love) Am F F/E G Gsus4 They're after you to sign your li fe a way. F Cadd4 68 guns will never die Am G 68 guns our battle cry, F F/E Dm F F/E Dm 68 guns, 68 guns For living in the backstreets that's our home from home. The painted walls are all we've ever known And"The Guns Forever" that's our battle cry. It is the flag that we fly so high and every day they try to drag us down but I cry with anger I have done no crime. F G Am F G Am Up no the terrace I can hear the crowd roa r (6 8 guns) F G Am F G Am And down in the subway I can hear them whis pe r (68guns) Am Gsus2 Through all the raging glory of the years F We never once thought of the f ears Am Dm For what we'd do when the battle cry was over. F Gsus2 Nothing lasts forever is all they seem to tell you Am when you're young F G Have no i llusion, no disillusion