G               C               G                 D
Back when I was young enough to know from where I came,
  Em/G           C             Em      D       G
I saw my love be spat upon and shouted down in shame.
       G                C                   G              D
Well I hung my head and shed a tear, when I went to change my name,
        Em/G          C                           Em     D        G
But his honor told me don't 'cha fear, because it always ends the same.

Refrão:

   G           C                  G               D
It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same.
    Em/G               C                      Em     D        G
Ah, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same.

     G             C                  G            D
Well I was feeling so alone, when the congregation sang,
   Em/G             C                Em         D       G
Of Jesus Christ and Lucifer, and the price that I would pay.
        G                C                     G                  D
But the preacher told me not to fear, for they know not what they say,
         Em/G       C                    Em     D        G
Yeah the history is on your side, and it always ends the same.

   G           C                  G               D
It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same.
    Em/G               C                      Em     D        G
Ah, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same.

        G             C          G               D
Now the fishes on the TV fly, in circles all the same,
     Em/G            C            Em        D     G
Like little children terrified by what they can't explain.
    G               C                G             D
But when the suburb and the sky, are both awash in flame,
       Em/G       C                     Em     D        G
Oh the television won't survive, and it always ends the same.

   G           C                  G               D
It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same.
    Em/G               C                      Em     D        G
Ah, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same.

    G                C             G             D
And when I'm finally old enough to learn to play the game,
       Em/G           C                   Em           D      G
Oh the dinosaurs will roam the earth, and resume their bloody reign.
    G                 C                    G           D
But when I hear their victory song, I will hum the old refrain,
   Em/G          C                  Em     D        G
No life can live forever on, and it always ends the same.

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