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

E
E

A
A

E
E

A
A

E
E

A
A

E
E

F#m
F#m

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A

D
D

A
A

E
E

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

Verse 1
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A

Oh,
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E

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

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

E
E

I was at peace, I really was,
F#m
F#m

A
A

B
B

no one I was at war with
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E

Fdim
Fdim

C#
C#

D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

The only common good was that we understood
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E

Fdim
Fdim

F#m
F#m

that laws unjust were only good for breaking
G
G

E
E

That difference legalized instead
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A

D
D

of sameness left nobody free
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A

E
E

But that was the day before I married my conscience to
Interlude 1
the state
F#m
F#m

E
E

A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

D
D

E
E

D
D

F#m
F#m

E
E

A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

D
D

Verse 2
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A

E
E

My taxes paid these road we laid
F#m
F#m

E
E

D
D

to places of my choosing
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A

E
E

There were no eyes up in the skies
F#m
F#m

B
B

looking down into my bed
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E

Fdim
Fdim

C#
C#

Faug
Faug

There was no government
D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

Eb
Eb

without our consent
Ebdim
Ebdim

E
E

And keys were made for
Fdim
Fdim

D
D

F#m
F#m

anyone who just claimed it
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G

E
E

G#dim
G#dim

And glass was all of every wall that
A
A

D
D

framed it from sea to shining sea
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A

E
E

But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state
F#m
F#m

E
E

Interlude 2
A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

D
D

E
E

D
D

F#m
F#m

E
E

A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

D
D

E
E

D
D

F#m
F#m

Verse 3
F#m
F#m

B
B

Right and wrong were written on my heart and
F#m
F#m

not just in the laws that condemned me
D
D

F#m
F#m

B
B

But now with Caesar satis fied I can
Outro 1
even do the things that should offend me
D
D

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