Andrew Bird – The Dignity (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] Bm G Bm G [Verse 1]
Bm              G
the okie from Muskogee's a junkie now
armed to the teeth with his man in power
Em              F#m
is he high on Oxycontin

Em              F#
nearly gone perhaps forgotten
[Verse 2]
        Bm              G
while the rock stars and celebrities
on sabbatical in the Hebrides
   Em              F#m
giving lectures on integrity

   Em              F#
as models of moral purity
[Chorus 1]
     A
well can you stand the irony

        G               A
oh the dignity of the office

        D               A       Bm
it is erect and at the bottom of the sea

        Em              F#m
now we see what we truly are

        G
and say we can do better than this

        Gm
close your hand and make a fist
[Bridge] Bm G Bm G Em F#m Em F# [Verse 3]
Bm                      G
When i was just a litte boy, there
was no more noble I could aspire to
Em              F#m
choose to be self-evident

Em              F#
take an oath, become the president
[Verse 4]
                Bm                              G
I believe that we the people have mostly good intentions
'cept for the one whose name we won't even mention
Em              F#m
oh will his lies surely bury us

Em              A
is the truth so much more nefarious
[Chorus 2]
        G               A
oh the dignity of the office

        D               A       Bm
it is erect and at the bottom of the sea

        G               A
Now when we throw this burden off us

        D         A        Bm
and restore some shred of dignity

        Em              F#m
now we see what we truly are

        G
and say we can do better than this

        Gm
close your hand and make a fist
[Outro] Bm G Bm G x2