Folk Song

[D]      [G]   [D]
[B]  [A]  [G]  [A]

It's like pi[D]cking up the pieces is a daily chore    [G]           [D]
[D]Thinking of your time card forms a habit               [A]                           [G]
Watching rich fo[B]lks on T.V.'s like picking a sore     [G]                  [D]
[A]Fuck it all, they can have it
And now I'm loaded lik[D]e a gun again                           [G]                                [D]
Like a plag[D]ue of locusts heaven sent                          [A]                               [G]
Just a bal[B]l of dissension with a death perceptio[G]n             [D]
I won't swea[G]t the definition of c[A]ontent      [D]

They said "better [G]safe than sorry" and "look out for 
I heard "only [G]play the cards your [F#]shown"          [E]
[D]Fuck what they say      [E]
It d[D]oesn't matter anyway [B]
[G]Only in your grave a[A]re you alone          [D]

[D]      [G]   [D]
[B]  [A]  [G]   [A]

Like grow[D]n men staring with little boy's eyes[G]                 [D]
And act[D]resses speaking with conviction            [A]                        [G]
These peopl[B]e should demand a Pulitzer prize     [G]                  [D]
For var[G]ious works [A]of fiction    [D]

"Judge a book b[G]y it's cover"
And "keep one eye [D]on your back"
I heard "only p[G]lay the cards your [F#]shown"          [E]
I say fuc[D]k what they say       [E]
It d[D]oesn't matter anyway [B]
[G]Only in your grave a[A]re you alone         [D]

So many people with so much to show

Rotting away in their own little holes
One can only wonder why             [D]                   [G]                         [D]
[D]I'll celebrate my home   [A]
But know that I'm not alone         [G]
Only fool[A]s are "along for the ride"          [D]                  [G]                        [D]
[D]In thinking of the size of t[A]he world that's right outside                   [G]
Please don't waste i[A]t trying to hide          [D]                  [G]                         [D]

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[A]   [D]
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