Against Me! – Baby Im An Anarchist (Guitar)

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* = single strum [Intro] C Am F G (x2) [Verse 1]
            C                         Am
Through the best of times, through the worst of times

        F                 G
Through Nixon and through Bush

                 C               Am                            F
Do you remember '36, we went our separate ways, you fought for Stalin

             G
I fought for freedom

                 C                     Am
You believe in authority, I believe in myself

      F                            G                   C
I'm a Molotov cocktail, you're the Dom Perignon. Baby, what's that

         Am                          F                G
confused look in your eyes, what I'm trying to say is that

               F                   G
I'll burn down buildings while you sit on a shelf

  C    G/B Am
Inside of  them

G            F                       G
You call the cops on the looters and pie throwers

             C          G/B        Am         F    G   C*
They call it class war, I call you co-conspirators
[Chorus]
       Em           F                   C             G
'Cause baby, I'm an anarchist, you're a spineless liberal

             Em             F                       C                         G
We marched together for the eight-hour day and held hands on the streets of Seattle

                 Em                                F
But when it came time to throw bricks through that Starbucks window

    G       G    G
You left me all alone

     C
All alone
[Instrumental] (C) Am F G C Am F G [Verse 2]
               C          Am
You watched in awe at the red, white and blue

       F           G
On the Fourth of July

            C                Am
While those fireworks were exploding

      F*
I was burning that fucker and stringing my black flag high

C          Am               F            G
Eating the peanuts that the parties have tossed you

       C                Am
In the backseat of your father's new Ford

      F
You believe in the ballot

      G
You believe in reform

         C                             Am
You have faith in the elephant and the jackass

       F                  G
And to you solidarity's a four letter word

          F                       G
We're all hypocrites but you're a patriot

            C     G/B  Am    G
You thought I was only joking

           F                              G
When I was screaming "kill whitey" at the top of my lungs

       C             G/B          Am           G
At the cops in their cars and the men in their suits

      F                    G
No, I won't take your hand

              C*
And marry the state
[Chorus]
       Em           F                       C             G
'Cause baby, I'm an anarchist, and you're a spineless liberal

             Em             F                       C                         G
We marched together for the eight-hour day and held hands on the streets of Seattle

                 Em                                F
But when it came time to throw bricks through that Starbucks window

    G       G    G
You left me all alone

     C*
All alone