The State chords by
Derek Webb
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Key: C major
Intro 1
Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

F
F

Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Verse 1
Bb
Bb

Oh,
F
F

Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

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

F
F

I was at peace, I really was,
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

C
C

no one I was at war with
F
F

Gbdim
Gbdim

D
D

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

The only common good was that we understood
F
F

Gbdim
Gbdim

Gm
Gm

that laws unjust were only good for breaking
Ab
Ab

F
F

That difference legalized instead
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Bb

Eb
Eb

of sameness left nobody free
Bb
Bb

F
F

But that was the day before I married my conscience to
Interlude 1
the state
Gm
Gm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

Eb
Eb

F
F

Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

Eb
Eb

Verse 2
Bb
Bb

F
F

My taxes paid these road we laid
Gm
Gm

F
F

Eb
Eb

to places of my choosing
Bb
Bb

F
F

There were no eyes up in the skies
Gm
Gm

C
C

looking down into my bed
F
F

Gbdim
Gbdim

D
D

Gbaug
Gbaug

There was no government
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

E
E

without our consent
Edim
Edim

F
F

And keys were made for
Gbdim
Gbdim

Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

anyone who just claimed it
Ab
Ab

F
F

Adim
Adim

And glass was all of every wall that
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

framed it from sea to shining sea
Bb
Bb

F
F

But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state
Gm
Gm

F
F

Interlude 2
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

Eb
Eb

F
F

Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

Eb
Eb

F
F

Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

Verse 3
Gm
Gm

C
C

Right and wrong were written on my heart and
Gm
Gm

not just in the laws that condemned me
Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

C
C

But now with Caesar sat is fied I can
Outro 1
even do the things that should offend me
Eb
Eb

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