Pet Shop Boys - Living In The Past Chords

[Intro]
| D       Dsus4 D | A/C#      A6/C# A/C# | G/B | D/F# |
| D       Dsus4 D | A/C#      A6/C# A/C# | G/B |
 
[Verse 1]
D
 I arrive in the city
             A
Where they’ve unveiled a bust
   Em
Of my predecessor
G              A
 Still much discussed
 
[Verse 2]
D
 We tried to forget him
    A
His crimes were catalogued
Em
 But in the new circumstances
      G           A
Once again he’s a god
 
[Chorus]
    D          Dsus4 D   A/C#
The past isn’t e-    ven past
           A6/C# A/C# G/B    | D/F# |
That’s how long  it   lasts
| D       Dsus4 D | A/C#      A6/C# A/C# | G/B |
(instrumental)
 
[Verse 3]
D
 I want them to fear me
    A
Like everyone feared him
Em
 Arrested and shot
   G             A
But still they revered him
 
[Verse 4]
D
 Like him I’ll win
A
 I won’t be eclipsed
Em
 I want men to die
        G             A
With my name on their lips
 
[Chorus]
    D          Dsus4 D   A/C#
The past isn’t e-    ven past
           A6/C# A/C# G/B    | D/F# |
That’s how long  it   lasts
    D          Dsus4 D   A/C#
The past isn’t e-    ven past
           A6/C# A/C# G/B    | D/F# |
That’s how long  it   lasts
 
[Middle 8]
A/C#
 I’m the living embodiment
    G/B
Of a heart of stone
A/C#
 A human monument
      G/B
To testosterone
F#m
 Though inside I’m dead
     Em7
It’s too late to lose
F#m
 I’m all they ever talk about
         G              A
On their news cycle of abuse
 
[Interlude]
| D       Dsus4 D | A/C#      A6/C# A/C# | G/B |
 
[Verse 5]
D
 I’m there on your borders
A
 Not gonna quit
Em
 To new world orders
       G        A
I will never submit
 
[Verse 6]
D
 Call me a warmonger
         A
And I’ll give you a war
Em
 Say I’m a cheat
         G              A
And I’ll still fake the score
 
[Verse 7]
D
 There’s no defeat
          A
That I’ll answer for
Em
 The West is effete
            G           A
And they’re begging for more
 
[Verse 8]
D
 I’ll get it all back
    A
The old status quo
Em
 I remember how it was
      G            A
And I won’t let it go
 
[Chorus]
| D       Dsus4 D | A/C#
(instrumental)
           A6/C# A/C# G/B    | D/F# |
That’s how long  it   lasts
 
[Chorus]
    D          Dsus4 D   A/C#
The past isn’t e-    ven past
           A6/C# A/C# G/B    | D
That’s how long  it   lasts