So It Goes
Capo 2
Am
Hope is a gun,
C G
That you load every day,
Am
As it's chamber is spun,
C
You bite down on the steel,
Em
And you pray.
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we re-cycle the errors we've made,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we're condemned to repeat and to fade.
Am
Love is a bomb,
C G
That can keep you in place,
Am
Can keep you alone,
C Em
Or just go off in your face.
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we re-cycle the errors we've made,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we're condemned to repeat and to fade,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, it's a curious way to prevail,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we're perpetually chasing our tails.
F C
Leave your logic behind,
F C
Put it out of your mind,
G Am
That's not how we do things round here,
F C
It couldn't be easier,
F C
This splendid amnesia,
G
Oh we must not forget,
Am
To forget, to forget, to forget.
Am
Hope is a gun,
C G
That you load every day,
Am
As it's chamber is spun,
C
You bite down on the steel,
Em
And you pray..
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we re-cycle the errors we've made,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we're condemned to repeat and to fade,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, it's a curious way to prevail,
Am G/B C G Am
So it goes, we're perpetually chasing our tails