Irony. Utility. Pretext. chords by Algiers
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Intro 1
(A major) (G major) (A major)
(A minor) (A major) (A minor) (A major)
(A minor)
They (A major) said it's not enough
Verse 1
(A major)
Just to shoot us down
It's a sound that's systematized
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Verse 2
Yeah, it's a noise just to drown us out
(A major)
But when your time has (A minor) come
We'll all (A major) be there
Just to watch you fall
And then one by one
Verse 3
All the parasites will just fall off
(A major)
You put your vote in a ballot box
This one's marked UNDP
Inscribe your tyrant's name in blood
Choice is the guillot (A minor) ine
Verse 4
We'll (A major) put our faith into Afro Pop
In a (F major) decolonized context (A major)
Espouse the aesthetes
Contempt for ethos
(A minor) Irony, utility, pretext
But (A major) all you (A minor) just say
Verse 5
Embrace primitive man (G major) (G major)
(A minor) (You say) destroy primitive man (G major) (A minor)
(A major) (You say) embrace prim (A minor) itive
man (G major) (A minor)
(You say) with our art, (A major)
we'll (A minor) transcend again (G major) (A major)
(You say) destroy prim (A minor) itive
man (G major) (A minor)
(You say) embrace primitive (A major)
(A minor) man (G major) (A major)
(You say) destroy primitive
(A minor) man (G major) (A minor)
(A major) (You say) with our art, (A minor)
we'll tran (C major) scend (A minor) again
Interlude 1
(A minor) (A minor) (A major) (A minor) (A minor)
Verse 6
You put your hand out to shake (A minor)
Then they export you in chains
You fought for centuries for change
And they gave you more of the same
(A major)
Verse 7
They swapped the dogs and (A minor) the cross
For sublimated forestalling
(A major) They changed the (A minor) names of the boss (A major)
(A minor) Until you forgot who it was (A major) (A minor) (A major)
(A minor)
Interlude 2
(C major) (F major) (G major) (A major) (A minor) (C major) (F major) (G major)
(A major)
Verse 8
Find your favorite col (C major) or
So you can (F major) wash it out in your hymns (G major) (E minor)
(A major) Cor (A minor) recting primitive (C major) cracks
into straight lines
(F major) Superiority is (G major) born again
Verse 9
(A major) We'll put (A minor) our faith into (C major) Afro Pop
In a (F major) decolon (G major) ized context
(A major) Espouse (A minor) the aesthetes
Con (C major) tempt for ethos
(F major) Irony, utility, pre (G major) text
But (E minor) all (G major) you can say is Embrace
Verse 10
(A minor)
primitive man (C major)
(F major) (You say) destroy prim (G major)
itive (A major) man
(You say) embrace prim (A minor)
itive (C major) (F major) man
(You say) with our art,
we'll tran (G major) scend again
(You say) des (A minor) troy primitive man
(You say) em (C major) brace (F major) prim
(G major) itive (A minor) man
(You say) destroy primitive man (C major)
(F major) (You say) with our art,
we'll tran (G major) scend again
Irony. Utility. Pretext.
Algiers
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