Age Of Innocence

Key: Em 🤘 Intro: Em C C#m C (x3) 🤘 Verse 1: Em C C#m C I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more Em C C#m C I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart Em C C#m C I can't be sympathising with a new lost cause Em C C#m C I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all Em And all the politicians and their hollow promises C Bm And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it Em The working man pays everything for their mistakes C Bm D And with his life too if there was to be a war

🤘 Chorus: D/F# G D A D/F# G So we only get one chance D A D/F# G Can we take it? D A D/F# G And we only get one life D A D/F# G Can't exchange it D A D/F# G Can we hold on to what we have? D A D/F# G Don't replace it D A G D/F# The age of innocence is fading like an old dream 🤘 Verse 2: Em A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday C Bm The victims' minds are scarred for life most everyday Em Assailants know just how much further they can go C Bm D They know the laws are soft, conviction chances low 🤘 Chorus: D/F# G D A D/F# G So we only get one chance D A D/F# G Can we take it? D A D/F# G And we only get one life D A D/F# G Can't exchange it D A D/F# G Can we hold on to what we have? D A D/F# G Don't replace it D A G D/F# The age of innocence is fading like an old dream 🤘 Solo: Em C C#min (x4) Harmonies: Em C D (x4) 🤘 Bridge: F#m You can't protect yourselves, even in your own home F#m For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes Em So now the criminals, they laugh right in our face F#m Judicial system lets them do it, a disgrace 🤘 Verse 3: A G D/F# D G Despondent public worries where it all will end A G D/F# G D/F# G We can't protect ourselves, our kids from the crime trend Em We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst C Bm D They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just 🤘 Chorus: D/F# G D A D/F# G So we only get one chance D A D/F# G Can we take it? D A D/F# G And we only get one life D A D/F# G Can't exchange it D A D/F# G Can we hold on to what we have? D A D/F# G Don't replace it D A G D/F# Em The age of innocence is fading like an old dream 🤘 Outro: Em C C#m C (x2) Em C C#m C Em9 The age of innocence is fading like an old dream