Quaker City Night Hawks - Beat The Machine

      [Intro]
E  A  E


[Verse 1]
E                       D
Took down my coat and I put it on
     A                      E
With cold hands through the sleeves
                       D
Put down my head and I rode alone
A                E
Silent as in the trees
            D
I rode past all the soldiers there
             A                E
Guardin' the bridge cross the creek
                          D
The lonesome sounds of my bridal bells
      A              E
Their mad chattering teeth


[Chorus]
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't get what you need
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't beat the machine


[Verse 2]
E               D
Rode three days through the howlin'  rain
            A               E
Towards the kingdoms in the East
                   D
I heard that great dog of winter there
                 A           E
Call through the darkness to me
                           D
He asked how long 'til the war come to him
       A           E
I said not til the spring
                        D
He said those fools can never take the crown
               A              E
But it's still up to you and me


[Chorus]
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't get what you need
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't beat the machine


[Instrumental]
D  A  E  [x2]

[Verse 3]
E                      D
Famines rage while the withered sages
            A              E
Point their fingers at the beast
                     D
This war machine and all the death it brings
         A           E
Crushing bodies underneath
                        D
Wheels of hate unburied soldiers lay under
A                E
Flags out in the street
                     D
The final age of the human race
               A             E
But it's still up to you and me


[Chorus]
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't get what you need
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't beat the machine
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't get what you need
E   D       A                  E
Oh, oh, you can't beat the machine