Light Pollution chords by Bright Eyes

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major) John A. Hobson  (D major) was a good man
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 (A major) He used to loan  (E minor) me books
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and  (B minor) mic stand (D major) s
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He even  (G major) got me a sub (D major) scription
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To the So (A major) cialist Review  (D major) 
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 (G major) Listening to records  (D major) in his basement
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 (A major) Old folk songs about the  (B minor) government  (D major) 
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 (G major) "It's love of money,
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not the market"  (D major) 
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He said, "these  (A major) fuckers push
on you"

Verse 2
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"And freedom yells,  (G major) it don't cry  (D major) 
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Whatever sell (G major) s  will decide  (E minor) 
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But  (B minor) there's no  (E minor) hell  (G major) when you die
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 (B minor) So don't look so worried"
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 (A major) 

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Verse 3

He got a night life, lost his day job

Pushing papers,

swinging pendulums

Anything to serve a function

Or to occupy some time

Verse 4
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You gotta earn this living somehow  (D major) 
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Em 
 (A major) You're good as  (E minor) dead
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without  (A major) a bank  (B minor) account  (D major) 
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 (G major) But it's funny how alive he felt  (D major) down
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In that  (A major) unemployment line
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With all that  (D major) trash

Verse 5

at his feet

The pools of piss in the street

All of that filthy empathy

For the way we're feeling

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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The billboards shade  (B minor) 
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The flags they wave  (A major) 
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The anthem was play (D major) ing loud  (B minor) 
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The baseball game  (D major) was letting out
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 (G major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
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 (F sharp major) And all at once  (B minor) 
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He saw the dust  (A major) 
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And heard every tiny  (D major) sound  (B minor) 
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Got in his truck  (D major) and turned
around
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 (G major) 

Verse 8
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 (A major) 
Drove out through the
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crowd  (G major) and the cops  (D major) 
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Drove out past that  (G major) center mall  (D major) 
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Drove out past that  (G major) sickening sprawl  (D major) 
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Out past that  (G major) fenced in gold  (D major) 

Verse 9
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And maybe he  (G major) lost control  (D major) 
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Fucking with the  (G major) radio  (D major) 
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But I bet the  (G major) stars seemed so  (B minor) close
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At  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) the en (G major) d   (D major) 
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At the en (G major) d   (D major) 
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At the en (G major) d   (D major)  (G major) 