[Verse 1]
Gm
Fifteen years from now
Dm
I know it feels remote
Eb              Bb
But picture it somehow
F
In your head
Gm
It's 1984
Dm
And knocking on your door
Eb                Bb
Is the Brownshirt Stasi guard
             F
Boom, you're gone
                        Eb       Bb
And in the blood of the Kennedys
   F               Dm
The good ones get shot
                        Eb       Bb
And in the absence of sympathies
           F
Won't you hear me out?


[Chorus]
        Gm         Eb
When it all burns down
        Bb         F
When it all burns down
        Gm         Eb                Bb
I will hold you close for the minute
             F
Yeah, I'll hold you for the minute it takes

[Verse 2]
Gm
Fifty-five years from now
Dm
I know it sounds insane
Eb                  Bb            F
The dark fascist regime might be gone (Might be gone)
                        Eb         Bb
Oh, if you by then havе forgiven me
      F             Dm
When push comеs to shove
                       Eb       Bb
We don't have to be enemies
           F
Won't you hear me out?


[Chorus]
        Gm          Eb
When it all burns down
        Bb         F
When it all burns down
        Gm        Eb                Bb
I will hold you close for the minute
        F
For the minute
        Gm
When it all burns down
         Csus4 C  Ebm                     Bb
And the flames devour everything that we are
        F                     Eb
I will hold you for the minute
        Ebm                              Bb
I will hold you for the minute it takes


[Bridge]
(Strum once)
Gm
With these words at hand
Dm                F
The future is a foreign land
   Eb                       Bb    F
So let us pray for more in 2024
(Muted eight note pattern)
Gm                          Dm
(2024) We could grow old together
                            Eb
(2024) We could love one another
     Bb                             F     F6    F7
(2024) And there will from then be peace forevermore (Forever)
G     G6    F7
Peace forevermore (And forever)


[Chorus]
(Return to normal strum pattern)
G          Am        F
But if it all burns down
       C         G
If it all burns down
        Am        F                  C
I will hold you close for the minute
             G
For the minute
       F         Am
If it all burns down
         Dsus4 D  Fm                      C
And the flames devour everything that we are
         G                  F
I will hold you for the minute
        Fm                         Am
I will hold you for the minute it takes