Derek Webb - The State

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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