Intro: Dm F Am Dbdim

Verse 1:
Dm              F                          Am
  The hospitals filled with coke-colored eyes
     Dbdim   Dm
And nobody knows
                 F                         Am
The measles and mumps don't come close in size
       Dbdim     Dm
Won't leave us alone
           F                       Am
Created a packed-out room in the sky
        Dbdim      Dm
Where Heaven would go
                  F                     Am
The smell so grotesque it kills your insides
     Dbdim       Dm
And downward you go

Pre-chorus:
              F                    Am
Put your mask on, xxxxxxx, hazard, bye
                                 Dbdim  Dm
Don't take it off 'til there are better times
              F                   AM
Never heard a bad lung cough so dry
                         Dbdim  Dm
Go be by yourself, don't wanna die

Chorus:
        F                   Am
Oh, the days move fast, it seems
                    Dbdim   Dm
Rotting bodies from gangrene
         F              Am
Wash the air with rosemary
                     Dbdim   Dm
It's the plague this century
        F                Am
No more coins to pay to live
              Dbdim       Dm
All my lovers died from this
         F                Am
Nuclear war will take us next
                   Dbdim     Dm Am Dm Am
Oh, the plague, it took my breath

Verse 2:
Dm                  F                        Am
  Stand six feet away, please don't get too close
      Dbdim          Dm
Won't catch what you got
              F                    Am
I've had it before, and it was enough
    Dbdim       Dm
To make me give up
                F                   Am
People are just dying right on the block
      Dbdim   Dm
And nobody cares
               F                   Am
When crisis is near, their apathy calls
                  Dm
It's all they can hear

Pre-chorus:
              F                     Am
Put your mask on, xxxxxxx, hazard, bye
                                 Dbdim   Dm
Don't take it off 'til there are better times
              F                   Am
Never heard a bad lung cough so dry
                         Dbdim  Dm
Go be by yourself, don't wanna die

Chorus:
        F                   Am
Oh, the days move fast, it seems
                    Dbdim  Dm
Rotting bodies from gangrene
         F              Am
Wash the air with rosemary
                     Dbdim Dm
It's the plague this century
        F               Am
No more coins to pay to live
              Dbdim     Dm
All my lovers died from this
        F                 Am
Nuclear war will take us next
                   Dbdim   Dm    Am Dm Am
Oh, the plague, it took my breath
Dm        F                   Am
  Oh, the days move fast, it seems
                    Dbdim   Dm
Rotting bodies from gangrene
         F             Am
Wash the air with rosemary
                     Dbdim  Dm
It's the plague this century
                        Am
No more coins to pay to live
                         Dm
All my lovers died from this
                          Am
Nuclear war will take us next
                           Gbm E D Db
Oh, the plague, it took my—

Outro: Gbm E D Db
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