Father John Misty – Things That Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D [Verse 1]
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It got too hot and so we overthrew the system

                  C         Csus2 Am                  D
'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here

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On this bright blue marble orbited by trash

             C  Csus2   Am
Man, there's no beating that

              Em6                                 Am Am/B D D/E
It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had

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Oh ho oh
[Verse 2]
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My social life is now quite a bit less hectic

    C              Csus2 Am               D
The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce

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Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city

C       Csus2 Am
Empty as a tomb

            Em6                C
Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain

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But what a perfect afternoon
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Industry and commerce toppled to their knees

    Em6                    
The gears of progress halted
The underclass set free
    C
The super-ego shatters with our ideologies

            Em6
The obscene injunction to enjoy life
Disappears as in a dream
          C
And as we return to our native state
To our primal scene
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The temperature, it started dropping
The ice floes began to freeze [Bridge] Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D [Verse 3]
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From time to time we all get a bit restless

            C     Csus2 Am           D
With no one advertising to us constantly

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But the tribe at the former airport

    C              Csus2 Am
Some nights has meat and dancing

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If you don't mind gathering and hunting

                Em6                          C
We're all still pretty good at eating on the run
Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution Am Am/B D D/E Am Am/B D [Verse 4]
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Though I'll admit some degree of resentment

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For the sudden lack of convenience around here

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But there are some visionaries among us developing some products

   C      Csus2  Am              D
To aid us in our struggle to survive

        Em6                             C
On this godless rock that refuses to die