The fruits of conquest (2026)     (video)

Em - Am - Em - Am

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Hey, now, damage is done, danger, the damage is done !

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1. Get back, I'm gonna do it right now,

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twisted mind, on the verge of understandin'.

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I was tryin', tryin' my darndest

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in the light of the livin', cryin', dyin',  gift of life.

Em

They don't obey, so we won't obey, yeah !

Am

I won't obey, no, we won't obey !

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2. I get back, I need a minute, I think,

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a busy mind, on the verge of understatement.

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I was kind, kind of blind

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in the light of the livin', cryin', dyin', gift of life.

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Hey, now, damage is done, danger, the damage is done !

Em

They don't obey, so we won't obey, yeah !

Am

I won't obey, no, we won't obey !

Em

They don't obey, so we won't obey, yeah !

Am

I won't obey, no, we won't obey !

+ E - A (2x)

E

+ Watch your back, it's a trap, does her best work on her back,

A

feed the world, took a nap, there's a message I forgot.

E

Don't say that, he's a chump, now I think he's gonna jump,

A

yeah, I'm back, not so fast on the highway or the track.

E

He's ahead all his life, that's a message he forgets,

A

I'm a liquid, I'm the law, I'm a killer, I'm a beast.

E

+ I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech !

A

I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech !

E

I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech, I'm a leech !

A

I'm a leech, I'm a leech I'm a leech, I'm a leech !

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+ I ran a thousand miles, a thousand hills I climbed ! (4x)

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(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Strokes)