Even The Oxen Cifras

[Intro]
 
C G D x2
 
[Verse 1]
 
C                                G                  D
Here is the one here is the one here is the one mistake that can not be
made
C                       G                       D
There is a line that is crossed over once and only once let it be said
C                 G                          D
All of the hubris clenched in our fist won't punch our way out of here
C                           G                    D
You know what I've told and I tell but you won't let it pass into your ears
 
[Chorus]
 
Em                                        G
Even the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails
Em                                          A
Come to know pain before the rusted barrier falls
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                 G                D
Before the radio long before radio waves struck down to touch
C                             G                   D
Off the wild flame that took all in its path and trampled the young underbrush
C                         G                      D
Music shooed clouds away billowing anxieties are rolled over and out
C                               G              D
Seems like a lot of folks gave up and got out except for the truly devout
 
[Chorus]
 
Em                                             G
Who like the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails
Em                                   A
Came to be dizzy before the barrier fell
 
[Middle part]
 
F C G x2
 
Am C
 
Am D
 
[Verse 3]
 
C                                G                        D
Love is the one love is the one weapon that hasn't been brandished yet in
this song
         C                     G                        D
Strikes fear in the pockets of bankers and generals without it we can't
carry on
    C                       G                         D
And all of us knew this at one time from teething to toothless it's safe
to say
    C                         G                       D
But useless perhaps to point out that we've lost our instincts and awe in
this day
 
[Chorus]
 
Em                                        G
And like the oxen ramming their heads on tin walls
      Em                                     A
Might come to know mercy before the barrier falls
      Em                                     A
And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls
      Em                                     A
And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls
 
[Outro]
 
C      G     D
 
C      G     D
Falls falls falls
        C     G     D
And it falls falls falls
        C     G     D
And it falls falls falls
 
C       G     D
 
C       G     D
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