The State
Derek WebbVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
---> x2
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O, I was free to live and love and kill as I saw fit
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I was at peace, there really was no one I was at war with
The only common good was that we understood
That laws unjust were only good for breaking
The difference legalized instead of (sameness?)
Left nobody free
But that was the day before I married my conscience to the State
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My taxes paid, these roads were laid to places of my choosing
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There were no eyes up in the skies looking down into my bed
There was no government without our consent
And keys were made for anyone who just claimed it
And glass was all of every wall that framed it
From sea to shining sea
But that was the day before I married my conscience to the State
Right and wrong were written on my heart,
not just in the laws that condemn me
But now with Caesar satisfied,
I can even do the things that should offend me
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Readable chord sheet for The State by Derek Webb
[C] [G] [Am]---> [F] x2 [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]The only common go[G]od[B] was th[C]at we underst[C]oo[D]d [Em]That laws unjust were only good for [F]breaking The [G]difference legali[G]ze[B]d instead of (s[C]ameness?) Left nobody[F] free But that was the d[C]ay before I married my c[G]onscience to the Stat[Am]e [Am] [C] [Em] [Em] [F] [F] [F] [G] [Am] [C] [Em] [Em] [F] [F] [F] [G] [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]There was no gover[G]nm[B]ent wit[C]hout our cons[C]en[D]t [Em]And keys were made for anyone who ju[F]st claimed it And [G]glass was all of [G]ev[B]ery wall that f[C]ramed it From sea to shinin[F]g sea But that was the d[C]ay before I married my c[G]onscience to the Stat[Am]e [Am] [C] [Em] [Em] [F] [F] [F] [G] [Am] [C] [Em] [Em] [F] [F] [F] [G] [Am]Right and wrong were written on my [F]heart, not just in the laws that conde[G]mn me [Am]But now with Caesar satisfied[F], I can even do the things that should [G]offend me[Am] ----------------------//END//-------------------