The Libertines

Anthem For Doomed Youth

The Libertines


Tom: E

E|-------|
B|-7---7-|
G|-9---9-|
D|-9---8-|
A|-9---9-|
E|-------|


[Intro/Verse]

E - Emaj7 x2 G#m - A - C#m - D - B
 

[Verse 1]

E        Emaj7       E                    Emaj7        G#m
Here's a story about the rules of death or glory to be learned by heart by all children or 
men.
        A                           C#m                           D
It's the hour of the morning on the day after the dawning when the sun they said 

would never set, 
B
it finally set again.
       E           Emaj7            E                   Emaj7       G#m
Was it Cromwell or Orwell who first lead you to the stairwell which leads only forever to 

kingdoms to come?
          A                            C#m
Rushed alone by guiding hands, whispers of the promised land
    D                                   B
They wished you luck and handed you a gun


[Chorus]

C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C                E
Life could be so gay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way


[Verse 2]

   E          Emaj7          E              Emaj7  
In the pub that night racking out the lines of shite
G#m
Putting to right all of the world's great wrongs 
       A                                         C#m                                 D
Yes we thought that they were brothers then they half-murdered each other, then they did a 
                 B 
karaoke turn and murdered our best song
E                   Emaj7               E           Emaj7          G#m
Told the governor's wife about the last night of his life, she turned away in tears called 

you a liar
           A                      C#m                                                     
Where are all your dreams now? The battalions, once so proud, 
D                                 B
Lost in some old song and hanging on the old barbed-wire


[Chorus]

C                     E
Well life could be so handsome
C                     E
It's all going to be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way


[Instrumental]

E - C - E - C - E - C - D - B


[Verse 3]

      E              Emaj7            E              Emaj7
Nowhere in the institutions, did they teach that revolution?
G#m
Something that could ever come to pass
        A                               C#m
All we tried once before was the king's head on the floor
           D                                           B
And we got booted out the boozer cause someone smashed the glass


[Chorus]

C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C             E
Life could be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way
C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C             E
It's all gonna be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way

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