Key: C major
Intro 1
C
Em
C
Em
C
Verse 1
C
Em
With minds that earn degrees
C
Em
The loving cups
Gilded plaques
C
Em
Grace their study walls
Hide the cracks
Dm
G
While their genius is turned
C
Dm
To works of tyranny then
Go selling these
C
Dm
Verse 2
G
C
With words so fiery and persuasive
Verse 3
C
Em
And why are some men born
C
Em
With a fate of poverty
Dm
G
Their obedience is had
Dm
G
By the pace by the pace
And the urgency
C
Dm
Verse 4
They phrase it
C
Dm
God knows we're deceived
What they need
C
Verse 5
The noble peasantry
Em
Verse 6
G
C
Em
O how it puzzles me
C
Em
Verse 7
C
Em
I pressed flat the accordion pleats
C
Em
That had gathered in his cotton sleeves
Verse 8
Verse 9
C
Dm
G
O for man aged ninety years
C
Verse 10
So your grandma says
Em
G
But better to live by...
C
Em
Drink it all in before it's dry
C
Em
Verse 11
C
Em
He ended there with a rattle
Cough, cough
C
Em
I took away the long gone cold
C
Em
C
Em
coffee cup
C
Em
As a trail of Camel ashes fell
On the floor
C
Em
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ChordsC Em Dm G F
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