Dan Mangan – Race To The Bottom (Guitar)

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Verse Chorus Bridge ---------- ------------------ ------------------ Dm x5776x Dm x57765 F x-8-10-10-10-8 C x35553 F x-8-10-10-10-8 Bb 68876x Gm 355333 Bb 68876x C 8-10-10-9-8-8 Gm 35533x Dm x5776x Gm 35533x [Intro] Dm [Verse 1]
           Dm
And so the artist screams, into an empty cup

                      C                             Gm
He says that you're a soulless bunch, but you could still wake up

        Dm
And the capitalist, says he's born to be free

                 C                               Gm
He says, "You're poor, my friends, but you don't have to be"
[Chorus 1]
               Dm
Here's what we know

   F                               Bb
We don't know what we got or if we got it

    Gm                         Dm
And what we had, we already forgot it

    F                        Bb
The race is evidently to the bottom

   Gm                                     Dm
We don't, we don't, we don't know what to say

                     Bb   Gm
I don't know what to say
[Verse 2]
           Dm
And so the thumpers preach, both love and hate

                  C                            Gm
They say, "you're naughty filth, but you could still be saved"

        Dm
And the people wait, for the bell to ring

              C                      Gm
They say, "we need a song, we need a song to sing"
[Chorus 2]
               Dm
Here's what we know

   F                               Bb
We don't know what we got or if we got it

    Gm                         Dm
And what we had, we already forgot it

    F                        Bb
The race is evidently to the bottom

   Gm                                     
We don't, we don't, we don't know what to say
[Bridge]
F                             
Don't know what it was but we want it back

     Bb
Like every generation will repeat the last

      F
Put a halo on a figurehead or photograph

  Bb
Resist a little bit and then become the man

         C
Dreaming of a simpler time, it occurs to me

         Dm
That the past is hypothetical fantasy

    Gm
And nostalgia just ain't what it used to be
[Solo] Dm F Bb Gm [Chorus 3]
               Dm
Here's what we know

   F                               Bb
We don't know what we got or if we got it

    Gm                         Dm
And what we had, we already forgot it

    F                        Bb
The race is evidently to the bottom

   Gm                                     
We don't, we don't, we don't know what to say

   F                               Bb
We don't know what we got or if we got it

    Gm                         Dm
And what we had, we already forgot it

    F                        Bb
The race is evidently to the bottom

   Gm                                     F    Bb
We don't, we don't, we don't know what to say

                   F    Bb
Don't know what to say 

                     Dm
I don't know what to say