Billy Bragg – Ten Mysterious Photos That Cant Be Explained (Guitar)

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Now the angry old men

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Say it was better back when

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We used to Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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Now it may be the case

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That we can't change our fate

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but there's surely no harm in trying

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And ten mysterious photos that can't be explained

    F                 C
Are draining away the best of my day

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And fragments of songs that I never wrote

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Are rotting in the pockets of my winter coat

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Now the world wide web is a wonderful thing

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You're just a click away from all of the facts

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But there's a downside if you've a curious mind

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It's like heroin for auto-didacts

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But ten mysterious photos that can't be explained

    F                 C
Are draining away the best of my day

    Gm                      Bb
And fragments of songs that I never wrote

    F                            C
Are rotting in the pockets of my winter coat

Dm
I've been down rabbit holes

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I've seen the rabid trolls

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Cackling in the twilight

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Of the Age of Reason

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One thing I've noticed

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As I get older

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Common sense, like art

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Is in the eye of the beholder

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Now the new breed of know-nothings

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Are flooding my screen

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Now they scare me, they're so goddamn sure

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They look like reasonable folks

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But the next thing you know

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Is they're screaming "I don't want your cure!"

    Gm                         Bb
And ten mysterious photos that can't be explained

    F                 C
Are draining away the best of my day

    Gm                      Bb
And fragments of songs that I never wrote

    F                            C
Are rotting in the pockets of my winter coat

Dm
The conspiracy acts

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The cyberchondriacs

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Gripped by their fear of their own imagination

Dm
They switched the filters off

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Too much is not enough

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You know that you can overdose on information

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Ten mysterious photos that can't be explained

    F                 C
Are draining away the best of my day

    Gm                      Bb
And fragments of songs that I never wrote

    F                            C
Are rotting in the pockets of my winter coat