Einsturzende Neubauten - How did i die

^CI was in a crater^{A C}Pockmarked fields on ^Aeither side I w^Cas meant to be all safe^{A Cm2}How did I die? ^A5How did I die? ^AOr didn’t I?

^CUn sursaut, une ^Acrispation, ^CMon corps sou^Adain ^CComme voulant s’englouti^Ar dans la terre. ^Cm2How did I die? ^A5How did I die? Or d^Gidn’t I? ^D#Didn’t ^GI die at^A al^Al?

^CI fell into a ditch ^{A C}Inside an A7V ^{A C}On the end facing ^AMephisto is it's name ^Cm2How did I die? ^A5How did I die? ^AOr didn’t I?

^CEin schwarzes Biest ^{A C}Ein Splitterrege^An Über den B?^C?umen zerspringt U^And niedergeht ^Cm2How did I die? ^A5How did I die? ^GOr didn’t I? ^D#Didn’t ^GI die at^A all?^A

^CNow there is only that sinister ^Abrown belt A strip of murd^Cered Nature. ^AIt seems to belong to another world ^CEvery sign of humanity has been sw^Aept away The woods and^C roads have vanished Like chalk ^Awiped from a board ^COf the villages nothing remains but gray smears ^AWhere stone walls have tumbled together. ^CA confused m^Aass of troubled earth. ^CColumns of muddy smoke ^Aspurt up continually as H^Cigh explosives tear deeper int^Ao this ulcered area. ^{C A}

^Cm2How did I die? ^CI fell from the sky ^AOr didn’t I?

^CI filled my mouth with w^Aater So the bu^Cllet could suceed ^{A C}How did I die? ^AHow did I die? ^Cm2Did I die by my own hand? ^A5Or didn’t I? ^GHow did I die? D# G A AC Or didn’t I die at all?

^AHow did we die? Or d^Fidn’t we? ^GDidn’t we die at all^A? ^AWe didn't die We di^Fdn’t die We are b^Gack with a different son^Ag ^{A F G A}

We didn’^At die We didn’t^F die We’re jus^Gt singing a different ^Asong We are ^Aback with a change of wea^Fther Ein anderer Wi^Gnd, ein neues Li^Aed ^{A F G A}

We didn’t^A die We didn’t^F die We giv^Ge you a different so^Ang ^AOkookookookooskroo^Fkookookookoo The ^Gdifference is in the ^Asong ^AOkookookookooskroo^Fkookookookoo ^GDifference makes the s^Aong

We didn’^At die We didn’^Ft die We didn’^Gt die We didn’^At die