The State
The State

The State easy guitar chords by Derek Webb

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Capo

  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • F

  • D

  • Abdim

    6

  • E

  • F#dim

    4

  • G#dim

    6

  • Bb

  • Dbdim

    4

  • Abaug

    4

  • F#

    2

  • Bdim

  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • F

  • D

  • Abdim

    6

  • E

  • F#dim

    4

  • G#dim

    6

  • Bb

  • Dbdim

    4

  • Abaug

    4

  • F#

    2

  • Bdim

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Oh, 

    I was 
    free 
    to 
    live 
    and love 
    and 
    kill 
    as 
    I 
    saw 
    fit 

    I 
    was 
    at peace, 
    I 
    really 
    was, 

    no 
    one 
    I 
    was 
    at 
    war 
    with 

    The 
    only 
    common 
    good 
    was 
    that 
    we 
    understood 

    that 
    laws 
    unjust 
    were 
    only 
    good 
    for 
    breaking 

    That 
    difference 
    legal
    ized 
    instead 

    of 
    sameness 
    left 
    nobody 
    free 

    But 
    that 
    was 
    the day 
    before 
    I 
    married 
    my 
    con
    science 
    to 

    Interlude 1
    the state 


    Verse 2
    My 
    taxes 
    paid 
    these 
    road 
    we laid 

    to 
    places 
    of 
    my 
    choosing 

    There 
    were no 
    eyes 
    up 
    in the 
    skies 

    looking 
    down 
    into 
    my 
    bed 

    There 
    was 
    no 
    govern
    ment 

    without 
    our con
    sent 

    And 
    keys 
    were made 
    for 

    anyone 
    who 
    just 
    claimed 
    it 

    And 
    glass 
    was 
    all 
    of 
    every 
    wall 
    that 

    framed 
    it 
    from 
    sea 
    to 
    shining 
    sea 

    But 
    that 
    was 
    the day 
    before 
    I 
    married 
    my 
    con
    science 
    to 
    the state 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 3
    Right 
    and wrong 
    were 
    written 
    on 
    my 
    heart 
    and 

    not 
    just in 
    the 
    laws 
    that 
    condemned 
    me 

    But 
    now 
    with 
    Caesar 
    sat
    is
    fied 
    I can 

    Outro 1
    even 
    do 
    the 
    things 
    that should 
    offend 
    me 


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