The Next 20th Century chords by Father John Misty

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
The nazis that we hired
Dm 
For our wedding band
Gm 
G 
Played your anthem like I wasn't there
Gm 
For the father daughter dance
D 
From the boondocks of Egypt
Dm 
To the nosebleeds at Calvary
G 
Recite your history of oppression, babe
Gm 
While you are under me
Am 
There's no doubting the devotion
G 
D 
My ancestors had for yours
Am 
Now we've got all the love to pay for
G 
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Interlude 1

wars

Verse 2
D 
A square foot of empire
Dm 
Around the peep show slot
D 
G 
I see an avatar of mercy
Gm 
With the same damn
jeembles that I've got
D 
The boss wants to be anonymous
Dm 
The talent wants to be seen
G 
We weren't paying for your body, Lord
Gm 
We were paying you to leave
Am 
Now who will watch
the chorus line
G 
D 
Stretching from Reno to Rome
Am 
Listen, Cherry, I know you love me
G 
But say you love me 'fore you go

Interlude 2

Verse 3
D 
Val Kilmer had a wall-length
Dm 
Mirror Mirror just over there
D 
G 
Well, I'm sure he's someone else now
Gm 
But he was Batman when
he lived here
D 
Maybe he's Yankee Zulu
Dm 
Just waiting for the flood
G 
And maybe Mac the Conqueror
Gm 
With the severed head of love
Am 
I've seen him wearing aviators
G 
D 
And a black baseball hat
Am 
Stalking airports 'cross the bardo
G 
D 
Quiet as a wildcat

Interlude 3

Verse 4
D 
The wheel is turning
Dm 
D 
G 
From night into day
Gm 
Everything's in transition
D 
Everything must change
But none of us here
Dm 
G 
Will ever see the promised land
None of us here will be
Gm 
there for
Childhood's end
Am 
I see you, you student debtors
G 
D 
In the watchtower overhead
Am 
Searchin' for headlights
in the driveway
G 
D 
Cryin', "Dad, look what they did"
Am 
Just look
Even their romance made us
G 
D 
masters and slaves
Am 
But now things   keep getting worse
G 
D 
While staying so eerily the same
Am 
Come build your burial  grounds
on our burial grounds
G 
D 
But you won't kill death that way
Am 
I don't know 'bout you, but
I'll take the love songs
G 
D 
And give you the future in exchange
Am 
I don't know 'bout you,
but I'll take the love songs
G 
D 
If this century's here to stay
Am 
I don't know 'bout you,
but I'll take the love songs
G 
And the great distance that