Downmarket chords by David Ford

SimplifiedAm · Em · Dm · E · G#dim …

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Am
Em
Dm
E
G#dim
F
B
G
Asus4

Intro 1
Am 
Em 
 (A minor)  (E minor) 
Dm 
Em 
E 
Am 
Em 
 (D minor)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
Dm 
E 
G#dim 
E 
 (D minor)  (E major)  (G sharpdim)  (E major) 
Am 
I  (A minor) stacked my

Verse 1
cards against salvation
Em 
Put my  (E minor) life in dirty hands
Dm 
Burned my  (D minor) clothes and jumped
the border
E 
Into some broken  (E major) promised land

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Verse 2

And this whole

world’s a competition

We’re all fighting to the end

With not a soul above suspicion

Of my position to defend

Verse 3

These are the spoils of evolution

This is the wisdom that prevailed

This is the history we’ve chosen

Tried and tested, broke and failed

Verse 4
F 
But unrelent (F major) ing of momentum
Am 
The mercenar (A minor) ies marching on
B 
So what if it  (B major) never worked
in practice?
E 
We’ve got a the (E major) ory holding strong

Verse 5

This little piggy went to market

Screamed the injustice cannot be

So give me death or give me freedom

But don’t you put no chains on me

Verse 6

Go tell the gaoler break these shackles

Tell the watchman turn your back

Stoke the fires on the money train and

Watch her jump the tracks

Verse 7

And cut a swathe across the city

Carving out some great divide

Until the only aspiration will be

To reach the other side

Verse 8
F 
And what you leave  (F major) can slowly wither
Am 
And those you leave  (A minor) can go to hell
B 
Those fools should  (B major) all be
dreaming bigger
E 
Throwing their  (E major) pennies to the well

Verse 9
Am 
I say a plague  (A minor) on all your houses
Em 
Sell a  (E minor) generation cheap
Dm 
Just to put nine  (D minor) fig ures
in your pocket
E 
And say what’s mine  (E major) is mine to keep

Verse 10
Am 
Stash it away  (A minor) in some secret island
Em 
Far from the pry (E minor) ing eyes and ears
Dm 
And the bony fin (D minor) gers
of the taxman
E 
And all his marx (E major) ist scrutineers