Fertile Crescent(Chords)

	        Intro:  C  G#  C   C   G#  C   C  G#  C   Bb  G  
 C                 G#        C
Come and see the brilliant lights
 C                 G#        C
Don't let your emotions mask your sight
 C                 G#        C
It's a manifestation of a deeper fight 
 Bb              G
That effects me and you

 C                 G#       C
My optimism was running high
 C                 G#        C
A new world order was on my mind
 C                 G#        C
But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say
 Bb              G
They're throwing it away . . . (highG)
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the fertile crescent is burning today
 Eb           Bb      F       G
And baby my emotions are too
 Eb           Bb        C   Bb  C
The cradle of humanity has led us all astray
 G#                    Bb        G
And we're all in this together don't you know
 G#                  Bb
Cause our species has nowhere else to go.

 C                 G#        C
Aggression rears its ugly head, 
 C                 G#        C
Retaliation brings further dread
 C                 G#        C
The two are linked by unseen threads 
 Bb              G
That wind back through time

 C                 G#        C
I don't agree with this out-dated trend, 
 C                 G#        C
Nationalism's but an evil friend
 C                 G#        C
Hatred's instilled by invisible lines
 Bb              G 
Drawn in our minds
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today
 Eb           Bb      F       G
And baby our instincts are too
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
 G#                    Bb        G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know, 
 G#                    Bb        
Cause we don't know where else to go.

 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today
 Eb           Bb      F       G
And baby our instincts are too
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
 G#                    Bb        G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know
 G#                    Bb        
Cause we've got nowhere else to go.

	        

Written by Greg Graffin