Going Backwards
Depeche Mode
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Tom : D
[Intro] F# E F# E F# E F# E
F#m E
We are not there yet
F# E
We have not evolved
E F#
We have no respect
E F#
We have lost control
E E6
We're going backwards
B7
Ignoring the realities
Gmaj
Going backwards
E
Are you counting all the casualties?
( F# F#7 F# E F# F#7 F# )
E F#m
We are not there yet
E F#
Where we need to be
E F#m F#
We are still in debt
E F#
To our insanities
E
We're going backwards
B7 B
Turning back our history
Gmaj7
Going backwards
E E F#m F#m7 F#m
Piling on the misery ohhhhh
B7 B
We can track it all with satellites
Dmaj7
See it all in plain sight
F#m E
Watch men die in real time
D
But we have nothing inside
B
We feel nothing inside
( F#m F#m7 F#m F#m7 F#7 F#m )
E F#m
We are not there yet
E F#
We have lost our soul
E F#m
The course has been set
Emaj7 F#
We're digging our own hole
E6
We're going backwards
B7 B
Armed with new technology
Gmaj7 G
Going backwards
E6 A/E E6
To a caveman mentality
( F#m F#m7 F#m E6 F#m )
B7
We can emulate on consoles
Dmaj7 D
Killings we can control
F#m Emaj7
With senses that have been dulled
D
Because there's nothing inside
Bm F#m F#/E F#m
We feel nothing inside aahh
[Trecho 2x 2x 2x]
F#m7
We feel nothing inside
F#m F#m7
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
F#m7 F#m F#m7 F#m
Because there's nothing inside
F#m7 F#m F#m7
Because there's nothing inside
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