Matthew Good – One Of Them Years (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em D C Em D C [Verse]
Em
Well sit atop a mountain
Listen with a soup can
D
In the south he's not a liar
Just the leader of a bad band
C
That in Europe get together and in secret praise the people

Em
My grandad fought in the lowlands
At the Scheldt got shot to pieces
D
So they could rehash their allegiance to a national convenience

C
That preys on easy difference
You know fear it's just a weakness
Em        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years

Em
The poor they're there to pity
But only from a distance
D
Pull on your tender heart strings
The price of an every day existence
C
Emma Lazarus was wrong
Fuck your teeming huddled parasitics
Em
Somehow kids from Nicaragua well they're invading West Virginia

D
Maybe they're looking for Ollie North
Maybe what you got you get it in you
C
I seem to remember things that mattered
That no longer count as anything
Em        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years

Em
Oh the sea ain't really rising, baby
You're just getting shorter
D
Never mind the science
Them vaccinations cause dysphoria
C
And them pictures of the planet

                                Em
Are doctored so it looks like a place akin to heaven
But only from a distance
D
Nobody likes your headscarf but they wear masks in the resistance

C
Either way forget the answers since we've perfected pointing fingers

Em        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years
[Verse]
Em
You can only fool the people
The other half the time we're sleeping
D
So that's pretty much the bag
And bag men never want for reasons
C
So drinks are on the house cause the house always wins

                            Em
And baby you know that I've wasted a lot of time
A lot of time just thinking
D
When thinking's overrated compared to reactionary blinking

C
So I'm just sitting here reflecting on the things I could've done

Em        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years

Em        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years

Em
Sit atop a mountain
Listen with a soup can
D
For a distant whistle
Buy a dog so he can
C        D          C                Em
And yeah, it's been one of them years