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Viva La Persistence

Kimya Dawson
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Chords: ,,
I  dreamed I thanked Scott  Ian for persistence  of time
Back  when steve and eva  died that album  changed my life
 it was a package  of pure darkness  tied up with  a silver string
delivered  by a fast  train rearranging  how i think
 he said  "i can't believe  you even know  that i exist,
 i've  got all of your albums  and i think  you are the best"
he  started to cry  and i started  to laugh
i  gave him a hug  and he gave me  his autograph
reeling  in my disbelief, i know that it was just a dream
 all the covers that i see are different from the books i read
everything  is crumbling  around  me
why  does everything  cost so much money?
could  somebody please  help out my family?
my  mom needs hearing aids,  new shoulders,  and new legs
my  dad needs a break  he works all  day every day
 my brother  needs a place  and a job  where he can make
 enough  money to take  care of his baby
here's  a simple dissertation on a complex situation
 money and intimidation and mass graves make strong foundations
 for the giant corporations that own all the TV. stations
 telling us to take vacations to their big theme park plantations
 rather than to hearts of nations
where  we might meet  people on  the street  who say
 "i don't  want my mtv 'cause it brought viva to its knees"
 
and  mom and  pop are  begging "please, globalization's killing me"
 
 while  we think that  they  think they need all of the things we think we need
 
 like  martha stewart  shams  and sheets and sugar free powdered iced tea
 vanilla coke,  lemon pepsi, friends episodes on dvd
,,,(i  HIT THE LAST CHORD--  THREE TIMES)
i  went to see the doctor  of psychiatry
weapons  of mass instruction  finally broke  me
he  said "act your age,  don't be afraid,  take two of these.
 now listen real  hard,  put down that guitar,
 don't be a retard,  be all  that you can be"
the  things he said i could be were laid out right in front of me
 would i choose deep fried apathy, mcnuggets where my balls should be,
 or super sized conformity? i walked away and i'm still me
 free to go fucking crazy, free to know why i'm angry
 one and one and one is three and you and me is all i need
 (,)
singing songs,  drawing cocks, picking locks to locked doors
 (,)
 find  deflated hearts, and pump them up
 /=THE WORD ID BROKN DOWN INTO SYLLABLES. EX:MTV IS BROKEN INTO 3 SYLLABLES AND "MT" IS G
 "V" IS C

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Readable chord sheet for Viva La Persistence by Kimya Dawson

Chords: [G],[C],[D]

[G]I dreamed I thanked [C]Scott Ian for [G]persistence of [C]time
[G]Back when steve and [C]eva died that a[G]lbum changed my [C]life
it was a [G]package of pure [C]darkness tied up [G]with a silver [C]string
[G]delivered by a [C]fast train rea[G]rranging how i th[C]ink
he s[G]aid "i can't [C]believe you even [G]know that i [C]exist,
i[G]'ve got all of your [C]albums and i [G]think you are the [C]best"
[G]he started to [C]cry and i [G]started to l[C]augh
[G]i gave him a [C]hug and he gave [G]me his autog[C]raph
[D]reeling in my disbelief, i know that it was just a dream
all the covers that i see are different from the books i read
[G]everything is [C]crumbling ar[G]ound me [C]
[G]why does every[C]thing cost so much [G]money? [C]
[G]could somebody [C]please help out my [G]family? [C]
[G]my mom needs hearing [C]aids, new s[G]houlders, and new [C]legs
[G]my dad needs a [C]break he works a[G]ll day every [C]day
my [G]brother needs a [C]place and a [G]job where he can [C]make
e[G]nough money to ta[C]ke care of his b[G]aby   [C]
[D]here's a simple dissertation on a complex situation
money and intimidation and mass graves make strong foundations
for the giant corporations that own all the TV. stations
telling us to take vacations to their big theme park plantations
rather than to hearts of nations
[G]where we might [C]meet people [G]on the st[C]reet who say
[G]        [C]       [G/C]        [G]          [C]
"i do[C]n't want my mtv 'cause it brought viva to its knees"
    [G]        [C]       [G]        [C]         [G]
[C]and mom a[G]nd pop a[C]re begging "please, globalization's killing me"
      [G]        [C]         [G]          [C]
while[C] we think [G]that they[C] think they need all of the things we think we need
       [G]       [C]     [G]         [C]          [G]
lik[C]e martha [G]stewart sh[C]ams and sheets and sugar free powdered iced tea
[G]       [C]      [G]      [C]     [G]
vanilla c[G]ok[C]e, lemon pepsi, friends episodes on dvd

[D],[C],[D],[C](i HIT THE LAST CHORD-[C]- THREE TIMES)

[G]i went to see the [C]doctor of [G]psychiatry [C]
[G]weapons of mass [C]instruction finally [G]broke me [C]
[G]he said "act your [C]age, don't be a[G]fraid, take two of t[C]hese.
now listen [G]real hard[C], put down that [G]guitar,[C]
don't be a [G]retard, be a[C]ll that you can [G]be"
[D]the things he said i could be were laid out right in front of me
would i choose deep fried apathy, mcnuggets where my balls should be,
or super sized conformity? i walked away and i'm still me
free to go fucking crazy, free to know why i'm angry
one and one and one is three and you and me is all i need

[G]        [C]  ([G],[C]) [G]       [C]
[G]singing [C]songs,   [G] drawing cocks,   picking locks to locked doors
[C]       [G]      [C]   ([G],[C])     [G]
fin[C]d deflated hearts,   and pump them up

/=THE WORD ID BROKN DOWN INTO SYLLABLES. EX:MTV IS BROKEN INTO 3 SYLLABLES AND "MT" IS G
"V" IS C

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