Propagandhi – Todays Empires Tomorrows Ashes (Guitar)
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Chords
As arranged/played by The Magnificent Sevens in their cover.
[Double-time chorus]
C G F C The tangled web they weave spans from Pine to Ruby Ridge G F Way back to Shay's defeat on up to Gufstafsen C G F C Now cue the ass parade of dittoheads and commisars and pricks G F To drown out the faintest hint of commie faggot heretics
[Chorus]
C G F The nail that sticks up gets hammered down C G F The master's finest, his finest tools are found C G F Slack-jawed and placid amidst the cacophony C G F Of screaming billboards and Disney-fied history
[Verse]
G Am F Sometimes the ties that bind us are strange G No justice shines upon the cemetery plots marked Am F Hampton, Weaver, or Anna Mae, where
[Chorus]
C G F Federal bureaus and fraternal orders C G Have cast their shadows F Permanent features built into these borders
[Instrumental break]
G Am F
C G Am F
G Am F
G
[Bridge]
Am F Am F But under cover of the, the customary gap we find between Am F History and truth, founding fathers Am F Back with the rockets blinding red glare
The bombs bursting in air, one nation indivisible
[Verse]
G The truth is when the back country learned of ratification Am F The people had a coffin painted black G And solemnly borne in funeral procession Am F They buried it deep in the earth as
[Chorus]
C G F An emblem of the, the disillusion C G F Internment of their, their Publick Liberty C G F C And someday, somewhere, today's empires are G F Tomorrow's ashes
[Outro]
G Am F