The Committee chords by Paul Jones

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Laws  (E major) by commit (G major) tee
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Wars by  (B flat major) com (D major) mittee
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Governs  (G major) by commit (D major) tee
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It's  (E major) the most effective way  (A major) 
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Years ago, some  (E major) time ago
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 (F sharp minor) A  (B minor) man I hardly knew  (A major) 
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Talked too much an (E major) d  pointlessly,
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 (F sharp minor) so  (B minor) I   sliced that man in two  (A major) 
E 
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He may have felt the  (E major) blow I struck (F sharp minor) ,
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but  (B minor) it  doesn't show today  (A major) 
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I brought him back to  (E major) life again,  (F sharp minor) 
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and  (B minor) I   had a debt to  (E major) pay  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (G major) Be sure by  (B flat major) commit (D major) tee,
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justice  (G major) by commit (D major) tee,
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it's  (E major) the most objective way.  (A major) 
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It had to come, I  (E major) knew it would,  (F sharp minor) 
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not  (B minor) cruel and then not kind.  (A major) 
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Just asking what I'd done  (E major) and why
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 (F sharp minor) Just  (B minor) opening my  (A major) mind
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And when it comes, what  (E major) can you do
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 (F sharp minor) But  (B minor) offer to explain  (A major) 
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How people bleed their  (E major) lives away
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 (F sharp minor) An    d  (B minor) truth is down the  (E major) drain
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That  (A major) sounds very glib,  (E major) they said.
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 (A major) You above  (G major) it all,
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de (A major) ciding for another  (G major) man.
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Who  (A major) gave you the call?  (G major) 
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 (D major) You say they're fair.
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I  (E flatdim)  (A flat major) say it too.
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But  (E flatdim) they     kill  (E major) the bird of paradise.
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Yes, they do.  (A major) 
Yes, they do.
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Laws  (D major)  (E major) by committee,  (G major) 
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wars by  (B flat major) com (D major) mittee,
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gov (G major) erned by com (D major) mittee,
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it's  (E major) the most effective way.  (A major) 
It could just be
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that  (E major) you'll ask me  (F sharp minor) 
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to  (B minor) drive away with  (A major) you.
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Together leave it all  (E major) behind
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 (F sharp minor) and  (B minor) try for something new.  (A major) 
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I'd do it, yes, I  (E major) think I would,  (F sharp minor) 
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it's  (B minor) one thing we could do.  (A major) 
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But will you cut my  (E major) head clean  (F sharp minor) off,
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or  (B minor) will I do it to  (E major) you?  (D major) 
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I don't  (E major) know,  (G major) but I know it's all in me
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The sky,  (B flat major) the road,
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your blond  (D major) hair is in me
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 (G major) The thought that can explode,  (D major) or fade,  (E major) 
into convening another