Parasite chords by Outer Circle
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Verse 1
(B major) (C major) (G major) (B major) (C major) (B major) (C major) On (G major) the
(B major) thirteenth
day of the thirteenth month
The bastard birth of a
(C major) first and last (G major) son
Before the (B major) first breath
was breathed in
Little Babylon,
(C major) they said (B major) you'd be better off
Tak (C major) ing credit for (D5) this one
(E major) An (B major) d never (A5) be (C major) a king
The (E major) (B major) royalty (A5) will (C5) never (C major) even know his name
(E major) His (B major) people will (A5) not be (C5) changed
(C major) They'll stay un (E major) der the (B major) (A5) hands
(C5) of (C major) their oppressors
(B major) This goes out to the rest
of the society of man
(C5) This (B major) parasite persevered
and rose (C major) up to the task
(G major) Des (B major) pite the faults and obstacles
he rose again
(C major) It's gonna (B major) be for me
who can make (C major) to come again (D5) st
(E major) I'm (B major) gonna (A5) be (C5) a (C major) king (E minor)
(E major) I'm gonna (A5) make (C5) the roy (C major) alty
hate my name
(E minor) My people (B major) will (A5) be (C5) changed
(C major) And perhaps (E major) I'll (B major) be ready
(A5) to (C5) lead (C major) against the forces (E minor) (E major)
(E5) (F major) (E major) (D5) (E major)
(E5) (F major) (E major)
(D5) One (B major) fine day, (C major) one (B major) glorious (C major) hour
(G major) We'll (B major) watch the parasite kings
step (C major) (B major) into this (C major) power
(G major) Or (B major) maybe men and women,
through all history
Despite everything against them,
(C major) change the world (G major) we live in
(B major) Imagine what a person
with the blessing of (C major) a father (B major)
Could do to touch this world
and (C major) to love our God (D5) (E major) (B major) (A5)
(C major) Common genes, re (E major) move the roy
(A5) alty (C major) and take their place
(E major) The world will never (A5) be (C major) the same
Put down (E major) this (B major) soci (A minor) ety
(C major) and our oppressors
(E minor) Cov (A5) er (C major) in jeans
Remove (E minor) the roy (A minor) alty (C major) and
take their place
(E minor) The world (E major) will never (A5) be (A minor) the same
(C major) Put down (E major) this (B major) so ciety
(A minor) an (C major) d our oppressor (B major) s