When Rhetoric Dies Acoustic
Boy Sets FireVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Fmaj7
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|-2-----2--------2----3-----| That's it!
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If you lift your pointer finger before
each chord (and twice during the Fmaj7),
you can do the little hammer-on thing
you hear in the recording.
Also, I'll show you the little Am lick
for the chorus down below.
We raise the flags and statues to our mission
we've spoken out in slogans and in campaigns
talked and talked on almost every issue
where oppression of the masses is the constant theme
but what does this mean to a little town in Iowa?
where the jobs have gone downstream down south and out
where their fingers used to work to the bone all day
profits rise and fall and starvation is a game
Asus2
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where is the food that used to cover their table?
where is the sense of pride at the end of the day?
to the face of a thriving corporation
what could a dying family possibly say?
on the face of every American worker
is the constant fear that their job will not remain
as the C.E.O. is planning his vacation
to kill or be killed is the nature of the beast
stand in line take a number you sell your soul
then watch it crumble
into a pile of rubble that used to be
your job, your life your family's daily bread
dry and stale malnourished kids
the house is sold for a degrading bid
do we continue to talk or do we take a hammer
to their chains
to their chains
to their chains!
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Readable chord sheet for When Rhetoric Dies Acoustic by Boy Sets Fire
[Am] [Asus2] [C] [Fmaj7]
|-0-----0--------0----0-----|
|-1-----0--------1----1-----|
|-2-----2--------0----2-----|
|-2-----2--------2----3-----| That's it!
|-0-----0--------3----3-----|
|----------------0----0-----|
If you lift your pointer finger before
each chord (and twice during the Fmaj7),
you can do the little hammer-on thing
you hear in the recording.
Also, I'll show you the little Am lick
for the chorus down below.
[Am]
We [Am]raise the flags and [C]statues to our [Fmaj7]mission
we've [Am]spoken out in [C]slogans and in cam[Fmaj7]paigns
[Am]talked and talked on [C]almost every [Fmaj7]issue
where op[Am]pression of the [C]masses is the constant [Fmaj7]theme
but what [Am]does this mean to a [C]little town in [Fmaj7]Iowa?
where the [Am]jobs have gone down[C]stream down south and o[Fmaj7]ut
where their [Am]fingers used to [C]work to the bone all [Fmaj7]day
profits [Am]rise and fall and [C]starvation is a g[Fmaj7]ame
[Am] [Asus2]
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|-2--2--2--|
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|----------| C Fmaj7
where is the food that used to cover their table?
[Am]whe[Asus2]re is the sense of [C]pride at the end of the [Fmaj7]day?
[Am]to [Asus2]the face of a [C]thriving corpor[Fmaj7]ation
[Am]wha[Asus2]t could a dying [C]family possibly [Fmaj7]say?
[Am]on the face of [C]every American [Fmaj7]worker
is the [Am]constant fear that their [C]job will not [Fmaj7]remain
as the [Am]C.E.O. is [C]planning his [Fmaj7]vacation
to [Am]kill or be killed is the [C]nature of the [Fmaj7]beast
[C] stand in line take a [Fmaj7]number you sell your soul
then watch it [Am]crumble
into a pile of rubble that [Fmaj7]used to be
your job, your life your [Am]family's daily [C]bread
dry and [Fmaj7]stale malnourished kids
[Am] the house is [C]sold for a degrading [Fmaj7]bid
do we [Am]continue to [C]talk or do we [Fmaj7]take a hammer
to their c[Am]hains
to their chains
to [Fmaj7]their chains! [Am]