cream and bastards rise chords by Harvey Danger

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
You're doing everything your people said to
D 
I'd hate to be the one to
G 
C 
break it to you
It's only sad 'cause it's true
D 
They misled you when
they bred you
Somebody said some things
G 
they had no right to
D 
Somehow they stuck,
G 
C 
then you were known as someone who
Could simply not follow
D 
through if he had to
C 
(But you have to, don't you?)

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Verse 2

You don't have to be a genius,

but it helps to (helps to)

Fools and charlatans, they may get wise

But only cream and bastards rise,

Interlude 1

and you can see it in their eyes

Verse 3
G 
You followed good advice to the letter
D 
You know your friend?
G 
He's doing so much better than
C 
you are ever likely to do
D 
He'll eclipse you and he
C 
will not miss you

Verse 4
G 
You don't have to be a genius,
D 
C 
but it helps to (helps to)
G 
All the also- rans are real nice guys
D 
But only cream and bastards rise:
People who can buy and sell you
C 
G 
Sharing a joke that they will never tell you
You think you're dialed in
C 
Someone has to win,
and you know what that means
G 
It means someone's gotta lose

Interlude 2

It's probably you

Verse 5
D 
G 
It's not a race, it's not a competition
D 
And if it were you'd be
G 
C 
in no position to
Eb 
D 
Get them to listen to  you if you had to
C 
Not even if your life depended on it

Verse 6
G 
You don't have to be a genius,
D 
but it helps to (helps to)
C 
G 
Some are aliens, the rest are spies
D 
But only cream and bastards rise,
Bb 
F 
and you can see it in their eyes