Rush - Lock and Key - Hold Your Fire (1977)
[Intro]
G A Bb C G A
Eb
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Eb
Face it in you or me
[Instrumental]
A B C D
A B C D
[Verse 1]
A B
We carry a sensitive cargo
C D
Below the waterline
A B
Ticking like a time bomb
C D
With a primitive design
A B
Behind the finer feelings
C D
This civilized veneer
A B
The heart of a lonely hunter
C D
Guards a dangerous frontier
[Pre-Chorus 1]
E Gb
The balance can sometimes fail
G G A B G
Strong emotions can tip the scale
[Chorus]
A B
Don't want to silence a desperate voice
C D
For the sake of security
A B
No one wants to make a terrible choice
C D
On the price of being free
A B C
I don't want to face the killer instinct
D
Face it in you or me
A B F
So we keep it under lock and key
F
Lock and key
[Verse 2]
A B
It's not a matter of mercy
C D
It's not a matter of laws
A B
Plenty of people will kill you
C D
For some fanatical cause
A B
It's not a matter of conscience
C D
A search for probable cause
A B
It's just a matter of instinct
C D
A matter of fatal flaws
[Pre-Chorus 2]
E Gb
No reward for resistance
G G A B G
No assistance, no applause
[Chorus]
A B C
I don't want to face the killer instinct
D
Face it in you or me
A B F
So we keep it under lock and key
A B C
I don't want to face the killer instinct
D
Face it in you or me
A B F
So we keep it under lock and key
F
Lock and key
[Guitar Solo]
A B C D
[Chorus]
A B
Don't want to silence a desperate voice
C D
For the sake of security
A B
No one wants to make a terrible choice
C D
On the price of being free
A B C
I don't want to face the killer instinct
D
Face it in you or me
A B F
So we keep it under lock and key
A B C
I don't want to face the killer instinct
D
Face it in you or me
A B F
So we keep it under lock and key
F
Lock and key
[Bridge]
A B
We don't want to be victims
C
On that we all agree
A B
So we lock up the killer instinct
C
And throw away the key
[Outro]
E Gb G G E Gb E E
A B C C A B C C
E Gb G G E Gb E E