The State Chords & Lyrics by Derek Webb
The State
guitar chords lyrics
DEREK WEBB
THE STATE
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
Chorded out by JB82185
(First tab ever, be forgiving)
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INTRO:
C G Am---> F x2
VERSE 1:
C G Am ----> F
O, I was free to live and love and kill as I saw fit
C G Am ----> F
I was at peace, there really was no one I was at war with
G G(B) C C(D)
The only common good was that we understood
Em F(e)
That laws unjust were only good for breaking
G G(B) C
The difference legalized instead of (sameness?)
F
Left nobody free
C G Am
But that was the day before I married my conscience to the State
(Am) C Em Em F F F (G)
Am C Em Em F F F (G)
VERSE 2:
C G Am ----> F
My taxes paid, these roads were laid to places of my choosing
C G Am ----> F
There were no eyes up in the skies looking down into my bed
G G(B) C C(D)
There was no government without our consent
Em F(e)
And keys were made for anyone who just claimed it
G G(B) C
And glass was all of every wall that framed it
F
From sea to shining sea
C G Am
But that was the day before I married my conscience to the State
(Am) C Em Em F F F (G)
Am C Em Em F F F (G)
BRIDGE:
Am F
Right and wrong were written on my heart,
G
not just in the laws that condemn me
Am F
But now with Caesar satisfied,
G Am.....
I can even do the things that should offend me
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