🎸 Countdown To Extinction chords by Megadeth

Countdown to Extinction

Intro: A5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 E5 C5 A5
A5... (let it fade for 8 bars)

Verse 1
 Am         F
Endangered species, caged in fright,
   D         G     E
Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight,
   Am        F
The stage is set, now pay the price,
  D      G      E
An ego boost, don't think twice.
  Am      F
Technology, the battle's unfair,
  D         G    E
You pull the hammer without a care.
 Am            F
Squeeze the trigger that makes you Man.
 D         G    E
Pseudo-safari, the hunt is canned...

Pre Chorus
A5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 E5 C5 A5...
         the hunt is canned

Chorus
A5   G5      C5  D5 C5
All are gone all but one.
A5    G5       C5  D5 C5
No contest no where to run.
A5    G5    C5  D5 C5
No more left only one.
A5    G5
This is it, this is the
A5  F5 E5 G5 E5 C5
countdown to extinction.

Pre Verse: A5 G5 F#5

Am          F
Tell the truth, you wouldn't dare.
  D        G   E
The skin and trophy, oh so rare.
Am        F
Silence speaks louder than words.
 D          G     E
Ignore the guilt, and take your turn.
Am        F
Liars anagram is "liars,"
D         G   E
Man you were never even there.
Am         F
Killed a few feet from the cages,
D          G   E
Point blank, you are so courageous...

Pre Chorus
A5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 E5 C5 A5...
     You are So corageous.


Chorus
A5   G5      C5  D5 C5
All are gone all but one.
A5    G5       C5  D5 C5
No contest no where to run.
A5    G5    C5  D5 C5
No more left only one.
A5    G5
This is it, this is the
A5  F5 E5 G5 E5 C5
countdown to extinction.


Bridge: A5 G5 F#5 F5
    A5 G5 A5 D5


Breakdown
A5         G5
One hour from now, another species of life
F#5         F5
form will disappear off the face of the planet,
A5            B5       C5   D5
forever, and the rate is accelerating...

Solo: (Am F  D G E) x4
Chorus
A5   G5      C5  D5 C5
All are gone all but one.
A5    G5       C5  D5 C5
No contest no where to run.
A5    G5    C5  D5 C5
No more left only one.
A5    G5
This is it, this is the
A5  F5 E5 G5 E5 C5
countdown to extinction.