[Intro] D  D4  D  A/C# 
        A6/C#  A/C#  G/B  D/F#        
        D  D4  D  A/C#  
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D
I arrive in the city
             A
Where they’ve unveiled a bust
   Em
Of my predecessor
G              A
Still much discussed

D
We tried to forget him
    A
His crimes were catalogued
Em
But in the new circumstances
      G           A
Once again he’s a god

    D    D4   D    A/C#
The past isn’t even past
        A6/C# A/C#  G/B
That’s how long  it lasts

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D
I want them to fear me
    A
Like everyone feared him
Em
Arrested and shot
    G            A
But still they revered him

D
Like him I’ll win
A
I won’t be eclipsed
Em
I want men to die
        G             A
With my name on their lips

    D    D4   D    A/C#
The past isn’t even past
        A6/C# A/C#  G/B
That’s how long  it lasts
    D    D4   D    A/C#
The past isn’t even past
        A6/C# A/C#  G/B
That’s how long  it lasts

A/C#
I’m the living embodiment
    G/B
Of a heart of stone
A/C#
A human monument
      G/B
To testosterone
F#m
Though inside I’m dead
     Em7
It’s too late to lose
F#m
I’m all they ever talk about
         G              A
On their news cycle of abuse

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D
I’m there on your borders
A
Not gonna quit
Em
To new world orders
       G        A
I will never submit

D
Call me a warmonger
         A
And I’ll give you a war
Em
Say I’m a cheat
         G              A
And I’ll still fake the score

D
There’s no defeat
          A
That I’ll answer for
Em
The West is effete
            G           A
And they’re begging for more

D
I’ll get it all back
    A
The old status quo
Em
I remember how it was
      G            A
And I won’t let it go

    D    D4   D    A/C#
The past isn’t even past
        A6/C# A/C#  G/B     
That’s how long  it lasts