Ballad Of Accounting

​In the morning we built the city
​ C G Em
​In the afternoon walked through its streets
​ Am Em E7
​Evening saw us leaving
​ Am E7 Am
​We wandered through our days as if they would never end
​ Am G Am Em
​All of us imagined we had endless time to spend
​ Am G
​We hardly saw the crossroads and small attention gave
​ Am E7 Am
​To landmarks on the journey from the cradle to the grave,
​ E7 Am E7 Am
​cradle to the grave, cradle to the grave
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you learn to dream in the morning?
​ C G Em
​Abandon dreams in the afternoon?
​ Am Em E7
​Wait without hope in the evening?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you stand there in the traces and let 'em feed you lies?
​ Am G Am Em
​Did you trail along behind them wearing blinkers on your eyes?
​ Am G
​Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, did you thank them for their scorn?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you ask for their forgiveness for the act of being born,
​ E7 Am E7 Am
​act of being born,act of being born?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you alter the face of the city?
​ C G Em
​Make any change in the world you found?
​ Am Em E7
​Or did you observe all the warnings?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you read the trespass notices, did you keep off the grass?
​ Am G Am Em
​Did you shuffle up the pavements just to let your betters pass?
​ Am G
​Did you learn to keep your mouth shut, were you seen but never heard?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you learn to be obedient and jump to at a word,
​ E7 Am E7 Am
​jump to at a word, jump to at a word?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you demand any answers?
​ C G Em
​The who and the what and the reason why?
​ Am Em E7
​Did you ever question the setup?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you stand aside and let 'em choose while you took second best?
​ Am G Am Em
​Did you let 'em skim the cream off and give to you the rest?
​ Am G
​Did you settle for the shoddy and did you think it right
​ Am E7 Am
​To let 'em rob you right and left and never make a fight,
​ E7 Am E7 Am
​never make a fight, never make a fight?
​ Am E7 Am
​What did you learn in the morning?
​ C G Em
​How much did you know in the afternoon?
​ Am Em E7
​Were you content in the evening?
​ Am E7 Am
​Did they teach you how to question when you were at the school?
​ Am G Am Em
​Did the factory help, were you the maker or the tool?
​ Am G
​Did the place where you were living enrich your life and then
​ Am E7 Am
​Did you reach some understanding of all your fellow men,
​ E7 Am E7 Am
​all your fellow men, all your fellow men?