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            [Verse 1]
   G
My feet are aching
         C
And your back is pretty tired
          G
And we've drunk a couple bottles babe
    C6
And set our grief aside
    G
The Papers say it's doomsday
    C
The button has been pressed
            G
We're gonna nuke each other up boys
         Cmaj7 C6
'Til old satan stands impressed
[Bridge]
Am                    B7
  And here it is, our final night alive
           Em          B7     G/D
And as the earth burns to the ground
     A/C#
Oh, girl, it's..
[Chorus]
  Cmaj7     Cm
..you that I lie with
       G         B7
As the atom bomb locks in
        Cmaj7       Cm
Oh it's you I watch TV with
       G             B7          Cmaj7    Cm
As the world, as the world caves in
[Verse 2]
    G
You put your finest suit on
  C
I paint my fingernails
          G
Oh, we're going out in style babe
    C6
And everything's on sale
   G
We creep up on extinction
  C
I pull your arms right in
  G
I weep and say goodnight love
         C                 Em7/B
While my organs pack it in
[Bridge]
Am                    B7
  And here it is, our final night alive
           Em          B7     G/D
And as the earth burns to the ground
     A/C#
Oh, girl, it's..
[Chorus]
  Cmaj7     Cm
..you that I lie with
       G         B7
As the atom bomb locks in
        Cmaj7       Cm
Oh it's you I watch TV with
        G            A/C#
As the world, as the world caves...
        Cmaj7         Cm
Oh it's you     that I lie with
        G        B7
As the atom bomb locks in
         Cmaj          Cm
Yes it's you I welcome death with
        G            B7              Em   B7 G/D  A/C#
As the world, as the world caves in
Cmaj7   Cm
          G
As the world caves in.
Here are some extra details that I like to add to it, 
but they are just my interpretations/ad libs and by no means essential
- it'll sound fine with just the chords.
[Verse 1]
             C 
e|-----------0----------0---------0--------0----|
B|-----------1----------1---------1--------1----|
G|-----------0----------0---------0--------0----|
D|-----------2----------2---------2--------2----|
A|-----------3----------3---------3--------3----|
E|----------------------------------------------|
  ..And your back   is    pretty tired - 
               G                                       C6  
e|-------------3--------3---------3--------3-----------0-----------|
B|-------------0--------0---------0--------0----0------1-----------|
G|--2-—h--3----0--------0---------0--------0----0--3---2-----------|
D|--2----------0--------0---------0--------0----0------2-----------|
A|-------------2--------2---------2--------2-----------3-----------|
E|-------------3--------3---------3--------3-----------------------|
    And  we've drunk a couple of bottles, babe- And set our....
[Bridge]
   Am                               B7
e|-0-------0-------0-------0--------2-------2-------2------2---------------------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1--------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|
G|-2-------2-------2-------2--------2-------2-------2------2---------------------|
G|-2-------2-------2-------2--------1-------1-------1------1---------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0--0--1--2-------2-------2------2---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            And here it is,    our final  night alive
            Em          B7        G      G6   A6/C#  A7/C#
e|----------0-----0-----2----3----x-------0-----2-----3------|
B|----------0-----0-----0-- -0----0-------0-----2-----2------|
G|----------0-----0-----2----2----0-------0-----2-----2------|
D|----------2-----2-----1----1----0-------0-----2-----2------|
A|----------2-----2-----2----2----2-------2-----4-----4------|
E|----------0-----0---------------3-------3------------------|
 And as the earth burns to  the   ground  Oh,   girl, it's..
[Chorus]                                                                   bass run
   Cmaj7               Cm(maj7)                G                      B7    ▼
e|--0---0---0---0------------------------------3---3---3---3----------2---2-----2---2--|
B|--0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---------0---0---0---0----------0---0-----0---0--|
G|--0---0---2---0--------0---0---2---0---------0---0---2---0----------2---2-----2---2--|
D|--2---2---2---2--------1---1---1---1---------0---0---0---0----------1---1---0-1---1--|
A|--3---3---3---3--------3---3---3---3---------2---2---2---2----------2---2-4---2---2--|
E|---------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---------------------------|
  ..you          that I lie    with     As the a-------------tom bomb locks in
For the chorus rhythm, you can also hit a root note of each chord between strums 
so it builds it and fills it out a bit more.
Something like this;
   Cmaj7               Cm(maj7)                G                      B7
e|--0---0---0---0------------------------------3---3---3---3----------2---2-----2---2---|
B|--0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---------0---0---0---0----------0---0-----0---0---|
G|--0---0---2---0--------0---0---2---0---------0---0---2---0----------2---2-----2---2---|
D|--2---2---2---2--------1---1---1---1---------0---0---0---0----------1---1---0-1---1---|
A|----3---3---3---3--------3---3---3---3-------2---2---2---2------------2---4-----2-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3---3--------------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &       1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
..you          that I lie    with     As the a-------------tom bomb locks in
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| h  Hammer-on
| x  Dead note   
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