Intro: [E] [C#m] [F#m] [B7]
[E]Just because you don’t speak the [C#m]language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that you can’t understa[B7]nd
[E]Just because you don’t speak the [C#m]language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that you can’t understa[B7]nd
[E]The twist in the script of the insult [C#m]
[F#m]Scrawled on the back of your hand [B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of scripture [C#m]
[F#m]Sprayed on the wall in the f[B7]rays of a flag
[E]Kisses forbidden on lips [C#m]
[F#m]And all of your fine clothes worn into [B7]rags
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]Don’t open the door ‘cause [C#m]they’re coming
[F#m]Don’t open the door ‘caus[B7]e they’re here
[E]Above there’s an ominous humming [C#m]
[F#m]Below there’s a murmur of prayer[B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of scandal [C#m]
[F#m]Sprayed on a wall in the frays of[B7] the flag
[E]Kisses forbidden on lips [C#m]
[F#m]and all of your fine clothes blown into[B7] rags
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]There’s a cross in the line there’s a circus
[E]There’s a voice that you might overhear
[E]There’s a lens making the picture perfect
[E]They say you have nothing to fear
[E]Torn from the pages of pamphlets [C#m]
[F#m]Thrown in the air like confett[B7]i in church
[E]Far, far away there’s a target [C#m]
[F#m]and the sound of an army just startin[B7]g to march
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]Just because I don’t read the[C#m] language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that I'm bl[B7]ind to the threat
[E]Though I thought there was more to forgiveness [C#m]
[F#m]Than all we conveniently forget [B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of history [C#m]
[F#m]Repeated again and again an[B7]d again
[E]You’re either for or against[C#m] us
[F#m]and that is how the hatred [B7]begins
(repeat 2 or 3 times and fade, or play twice and finish with an E)
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]Just because you don’t speak the [C#m]language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that you can’t understa[B7]nd
[E]Just because you don’t speak the [C#m]language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that you can’t understa[B7]nd
[E]The twist in the script of the insult [C#m]
[F#m]Scrawled on the back of your hand [B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of scripture [C#m]
[F#m]Sprayed on the wall in the f[B7]rays of a flag
[E]Kisses forbidden on lips [C#m]
[F#m]And all of your fine clothes worn into [B7]rags
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]Don’t open the door ‘cause [C#m]they’re coming
[F#m]Don’t open the door ‘caus[B7]e they’re here
[E]Above there’s an ominous humming [C#m]
[F#m]Below there’s a murmur of prayer[B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of scandal [C#m]
[F#m]Sprayed on a wall in the frays of[B7] the flag
[E]Kisses forbidden on lips [C#m]
[F#m]and all of your fine clothes blown into[B7] rags
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]There’s a cross in the line there’s a circus
[E]There’s a voice that you might overhear
[E]There’s a lens making the picture perfect
[E]They say you have nothing to fear
[E]Torn from the pages of pamphlets [C#m]
[F#m]Thrown in the air like confett[B7]i in church
[E]Far, far away there’s a target [C#m]
[F#m]and the sound of an army just startin[B7]g to march
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
[E]Just because I don’t read the[C#m] language
[F#m]Doesn’t mean that I'm bl[B7]ind to the threat
[E]Though I thought there was more to forgiveness [C#m]
[F#m]Than all we conveniently forget [B7]
[E]Torn from the pages of history [C#m]
[F#m]Repeated again and again an[B7]d again
[E]You’re either for or against[C#m] us
[F#m]and that is how the hatred [B7]begins
(repeat 2 or 3 times and fade, or play twice and finish with an E)
[E]Tripwire, trip[C#m]wire, trip[F#m]wire, trip[B7]wire
[E]There’s a tripwire
[C#m]Tripwire, [F#m]tripwire, t[B7]ripwire
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