Power Corrupts chords by GrimSkunk

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Verse 1
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 (E major)  (E minor)  (C major) Power corrupts  (G major) the
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 (E minor) soul  (C major)  (B major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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Power  (C major) can't give up  (G major) con (E minor) trol  (C major) 
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At  (G major)  (E minor) first you thought you would be  (C major) wise
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With no way to  (G major) draw the  (E minor) line
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But it went to your  (C major) head
and you could stop
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 (G major) This  (E minor) time started letting things  (A minor) slip
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 (C5) Stopped  (C major)  (B major) giving  (G major) a   (E minor) shit
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Let people die for the re (C major) gime as
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they proclaimed you  (E minor) king  (E major)  (D5) 
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Long  (G major) live the  (A minor)  (B major) king  (C5)  (C major)  (D minor) 
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 (F major)  (E major)  (A minor)  (F major)  (G major)  (F major)  (E5) 
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 (E major)  (F major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (D minor) Speak  (C major)  (E minor) no evil,  (F major) charred with lies
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 (E minor) Betray the people,
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 (F major) keep them blind
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 (E minor) Propaganda  (F major) is your one name
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 (E minor) Two -faced hypo (F major) crite  (C major)  (D minor)  (C major) 
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Power  (A minor) corrupts the  (E major) good  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor) 
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At  (E minor) first you thought you could  (D5) do  no  (C5) harm,
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 (C major) you could make no  (G major) mis (E minor) take
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But the tempta (E5) tion was  (E minor) too  (C major) strong,
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and your will began  (G major) to  (E minor) break
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Acting  (D5) like  (C major) gods,
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like we're shows to  (G major) give or  (E minor) take
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Stealing money like a  (C major) feature on
TV
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Speak  (G major)  (E minor) no evil, charm  (F major) with lies
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 (E minor) Betray the people,
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 (F major) eat the pride  (E minor) 
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Propaganda  (F major) is your weapon
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Toothless  (E minor) hypo (F major) crite  (D minor)  (C major) 
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 (A minor) Power corrupts
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Tooth (E major)  (E minor) less hypocrite
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 (F major)  (E minor)  (C major) Power  (A minor) corrupts
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 (A5) Oh,  (E major) it works the same way  (D5)  (E5)  (F major) 
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Our  (E minor)  (E major) love can't give up control  (D5)  (E major)  (F major) 
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It  (E minor) eats  (E major) away and takes
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its toll  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major) 
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What  (E major) do we swallow to have one?  (D5)  (E5)  (F major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major) 
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 (E minor)  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major) 
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (D5)  (F major) 
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major)  (E minor)  (D5) 
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 (F major)  (E minor)  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major)  (E minor)  (D5) 
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 (F major)  (E minor)  (D5)  (E minor)  (F major)  (B major)  (B flat major) 
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 (A minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (E minor) When's time to stop?
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Will you  (C major) let my words repeat that
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 (G major) people ask  (E minor) for a change?
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So the  (C major) revolution's bad,
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 (E minor) now you give me every trial
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One  (C major) sentence is the death,
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 (G major) with a  (E minor) rope around your neck
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You let  (C major) my words corrupt your soul  (E minor) 