License to kill (1983)
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D
1. Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please,
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and
if things don't change soon, he
will.
G D
Oh, man has invented his doom,
G
first
step was touching the moon.
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Now, there's a woman on my block,
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she just sit there as the night grows still.
D
A D
She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?
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2. Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life,
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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
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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,
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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.
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4. Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool,
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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)