Iron Maiden - Age of innocence

^EmI can't be ^Ccompromising ^C#min my thoughts no more^{C Em}I can't pre^Cvent the times my ^C#manger fills my ^Cheart ^EmI can't be ^Csympathising ^C#mwith a new lost c^Cause ^EmI feel I've ^Clost my patience ^C#mwith the world and al^Cl

^EmAnd all the politicians and their hollow promises And all the lies, deceit and ^Cshame that goes with it^{Bm Em}The working man pays everything for their mistakes And with his life too if there ^Cwas to be a war^{Bm D}

^{D/F# G} So we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#chance^G Can we ^Dtake ^Ait?^{D/F# G} And we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#life ^G Can't ex^Dchange ^Ait^{D/F# G} Can we ^Dhold ^Aon to what we ^D/F#have?^G Don't re^Dplace ^Ait^{D/F# G} The ^Dage of ^Ainnocence is ^Gfading like an ^D/F#old dream

^EmA life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday The victims' minds are scarred for ^Clife most everyday^{Bm Em}Assailants know just how much further they can go They know the laws are soft, con^Cviction chances ^Bmlow^D

^{D/F# G} So we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#chance^G Can we ^Dtake ^Ait?^{D/F# G} And we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#life ^G Can't ex^Dchange ^Ait^{D/F# G} Can we ^Dhold ^Aon to what we ^D/F#have?^G Don't re^Dplace ^Ait^{D/F# G} The ^Dage of ^Ainnocence is ^Gfading like an ^D/F#old dream

^F#mYou can't protect yourselves, even in your own home ^F#mFor fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes ^EmSo now the criminals, they laugh right in our face ^F#mJudicial system lets them do it, a disgrace

^ADespondent ^Gpublic worries ^D/F#where it all will end^{D G A}We can't pro^Gtect ourselves, our ^D/F#kids from the crime ^Gtrend^{D/F# G Em}We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst They have more rights than us, you ^Ccannot call that just^{Bm D}

^{D/F# G} So we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#chance^G Can we ^Dtake ^Ait?^{D/F# G} And we ^Donly ^Aget one ^D/F#life ^G Can't ex^Dchange ^Ait^{D/F# G} Can we ^Dhold ^Aon to what we ^D/F#have?^G Don't re^Dplace ^Ait^{D/F# G} The ^Dage of ^Ainnocence is ^Gfading like an ^D/F#old dream^Em

^EmThe age of ^Cinnocence is ^C#mfading like an ^Cold dream^Em9