The Weakerthans – Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist (Guitar)

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Held like water in your shaking hands  

             A               E           A   E
are all the small defeats a day demands.

   A      B                      A  
10-6 or 9-5 trying, dying to survive.

                       E           A   E
Never knowing what survival means.

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Leave the apartment to buy alcohol.

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Hang our diplomas on the bathroom wall.

             A                B
Pick at the plaster chipped away,

                              A
Survey some stunning tooth decay,

                         E   A    E    A
Enlist the cat in the impending class-war.

B             C#m      A
Let's lay our bad day down here, dear and

B      C#m           A
make-believe we're strong,

   E        F#m      A
Or hum some protest song.

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Like maybe "We Shall Overcome Someday."

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Overcome the stupid things we say.

       A                B
Say I needed more than this,

                        A
Say I needed one more kiss.

                       E   A    E   A
We left that light on way too long now.

B             C#m       A        
Let's plant a bomb at city-hall and 

B       C#m     A
kill an M   L   A.

       E        F#m    A
We'll talk the night away.

                                E          F#m     A
You call in sick, I'll quit the word-games that I play.

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I swear I way more than half believe it when I 

A                                   C#m     E/Eb   E5
say that somewhere love and justice shine.

A                B
Cynicism falls asleep.

E5      E/Eb           C#m    E/Eb
....Tyranny talks to itself.

A                     B
Sappy slogans all come true.

E    E/Eb             C#m    A   B   E
We forget to feed our fear.