License to kill (1983)    (video)

 

       D                             Bm                                A                         D

1. Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please,

                D                 Bm               - A

    and if things don't change soon,        he will.

              G                                D

    Oh, man has invented his doom,

                                                  G

    first step was touching the moon.

 

                          Bm      - G              Bm     - G

Now, there's a woman         on my block,

                    Bm   - G                                Bm     - G

she just sit there         as the night grows still.

                  D                         A                         D  

She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?

 

                      D                           Bm         - A                                       D

2. Now, they take him and they teach him     and they groom him for life,

                     D                 Bm                                         A

    and they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill.

                       G                    D

    Then they bury him with stars,

                                                       G

    sell his body like they do used cars.

 

+  CHORUS

 

                       D                       Bm      - A                                 D

3. Now, he's hell-bent for destruction,       he's afraid and confused,

                    D                          Bm                             A

    and his brain has been mismanaged with great skill.

     G                                 D

    All he believes are his eyes,

                                                      G

    and his eyes, they just tell him lies.

 

+  CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            Bm

+  You may be a noisemaker, spirit maker,

       D                                      - G                                D

    heartbreaker, backbreaker,        leave no stone unturned.

                       Bm                                        D

    May be an actor in a plot, that might be all that you got

                Em                        A

    'til your error you clearly learn.

 

                    D                  Bm    - A                          D

4. Now he worships at an altar        of a stagnant pool,

                            D             Bm                   A 

    and when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled.

              G                                  D

    Oh, man is opposed to fair play,

                                                            G

    he wants it all and he wants it his way.

 

                          Bm      - G              Bm     - G

Now, there's a woman         on my block,

                    Bm   - G                                Bm      - G

she just sit there         as the night grows still.

                  D                         A                         D  

She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?

 

+  instrumental = verse 4 & CHORUS

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th; video = no capo in C)    (Bob Dylan)