Basic Protest Song

Basic Protest Song easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • C

  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Am

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • C

  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Am

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    CHORUS: 
    So your 
    13 and there's 

    a silent 

    scream 
    out there, 

    And you can 
    hear 
    it. 

    Just 
    your 
    basic 
    protest 
    song. 

    Verse 2
    Now your 
    16 and there's 
    a danger 
    in the 
    air, 


    And you can 
    see 
    it. 

    Just 
    your 
    ba
    sic 
    protest 
    song. 

    Verse 3
    Turnin' 
    20 and it's 
    around you 
    everywhere, 


    And you can 
    feel 
    it. 

    Just your 
    ba
    sic 
    protest 
    song. 

    Verse 4
    Now your 
    30 and it's 
    to late 
    now to 
    care, 


    And you can 
    taste 
    it. 

    Just your 
    basic 
    protest 
    song 


    Verse 5

    Well, I 
    just 
    turned 
    13 don't know 

    what 
    I wanna 
    be, 

    don't 
    have much 
    experience 

    but 
    I'll tell 
    you what I 
    see. 

    When 
    I hear 
    the record 
    sing 
    and baby, 

    baby 
    I love 
    you, 

    It 
    seems 
    to me we 
    all got 

    so much 
    lovin 
    left to 
    do. 

    Verse 6
    And 
    at 
    16 I don't 
    know to 
    much but 
    I'll 

    tell 
    you what I 
    do know, 

    If 
    you do 
    not 
    give a 
    damn 
    I'll 

    tell 
    you where to 
    go. 

    There 
    is 
    something 
    truly 
    crazy 

    with 
    our 
    patriotic 
    song, 

    We 
    know 
    to wave the 
    flag 
    round 
    the 
    week begins 

    a strong. 



    Interlude 1
    CHORUS 







    Oh 
    now 
    that I 
    Verse 7
    am 
    20 got my 

    first 
    full time 
    job, 

    My 
    boss, 
    upstanding 
    citizen, 

    finds 
    legal 
    ways 
    to rob. 

    They say 
    forget what 
    you believe 

    forget 
    what you have 
    seen, 

    But 
    I know I 
    lost 
    the best 
    of me when 

    I forgot 
    my 
    dreams. 

    Verse 8
    I'm 
    passin' 
    on 
    through 

    30 got two 
    kids 
    of my 
    own, 

    Got 
    wife, 
    house, 
    a car, 

    and dog 
    but 
    still I 
    am 
    alone. 

    And I'm 
    tired 
    of only 
    selling 

    cause it's 
    my
    self 
    that I 
    sell, 

    I'm 
    glad 
    of always 
    buying 
    cause 

    can
    't buy 
    it ourselves. 

    I know 
    none of 
    us 
    is perfect 
    I can 
    Verse 9

    see myself 
    to 
    well, 

    If 
    we can't 
    push for 
    paradise 
    we're 
    settled 

    in for 
    hell. 



    Outro 1
    CHORUS 










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