Steppenwolf – The Ostrich (Guitar)

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We'll call you when you're six years old

    E7
And drag you to the factory

    E7
To train your brain for eighteen years

     E7
With promise of security

                A7
But then you're free

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And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign

                         G7
So you may die in Florid a

       A7
At the pleasant age of sixty

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 nine

    E7
The water's getting hard to drink

      E7
We've mangled up the country side

    E7
The air will choke you when you breathe

      E7
We're all committing suicide

            A7
But it's al right

     D7                                    E
It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots

     E7                          G7
Will strip the earth of all it's green

         A7
And then divide her into parking

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 lots

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But there's nothing you and I can do

A7
   You and I are only two

       E7
What's right and wrong is hard to say

A7
   Forget about it for today

      C
We'll stick our heads into the sand

         C
Just pre tend that all is grand

B7
  Then hope that everything turns out ok
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                     But there's

E7
nothing you and I can do

A7
  You and I are only two

       E7
What's right and wrong is hard to say

A7
   Forget about it for today

      C
We'll stick our heads into the sand

         C
Just pre tend that all is grand

B7
  Then hope that everything turns out ok

       E7
You're free to speak your mind my friend

   E7
As long as you agree with me

      E7
Don't criticize the father land

   E7
Or those who shape your destiny

              A7
'Cause if you do

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You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew

                               G7
We'll send out all our boys in blue

        A7
They'll find a way to silence

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 you

E   A       E7
But there's nothing you and I can do

A7
  You and I are only two

       E7
What's right and wrong is hard to say

A7
  Forget about it for today

      C
We'll stick our heads into the sand

         C
Just pre tend that all is grand

B7
  Then hope that everything turns out ok
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