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THE DECLINE Nofx
B5 7-9-9-x-x-x or x-2-4-4-x-x C5 8-10-10-x-x-x or x-3-5-5-x-x C#5 9-11-11-x-x-x or x-4-6-6-x-x C#5! x-4-9-x-x-x or 9-x-9-x-x-x D5 x-5-7-7-x-x or 10-12-12-x-x-x |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------2-2-------- |--7-7----3-3----5-5----5-5----------2-2---0---- |--7-7----3-3----3-3----5-5----7--0-----3---3-- |--5-5----1-1----3-3----3-3--------------------- |------------------------------|---------------- |------------------------------|---------------- |----2-2----------2-2----------|-5-7-----5------ |----2-2---0------2-2---0------|-5-7-7-7-5-7---- |--0-----3---3--0-----3---3--0-|-3-5-7-7-3-7---- |------------------------------|-----5-5---5---- |------------------------------|----------------- |------------------------------|----------------- |----2-2----------2-2----------|----------------- |----2-2---0------2-2---0------|-5-5--5--5--5---- |--0-----3---3--0-----3---3--0-|-5-5--5--5--5---- |------------------------------|----------------- |----------------|--------------------------------- |----------------|--------------------------------- |----------------|-----------5-7-5----------5-7-5-- |--4-4--4--4--4--|--7--7--7--5-7-5-7--7--7--5-7-5-- |--5-5--5--5--5--|--7--7--7--3-5-3-7--7--7--3-5-3-- |----------------|--5--5--5--------5--5--5--------- |------------------|------------|------------------ |------------------|------------|------------------ |-----------5-7-5--|-5-7-----5--|-----------5-7-5-- |--7--7--7--5-7-5--|-5-7-7-7-5--|--7--7--7--5-7-5-- |--7--7--7--3-5-3--|-3-5-7-7-3--|--7--7--7--3-5-3-- |--5--5--5---------|-----5-5----|--5--5--5--------- |------------------|------------------------------- |------------------|------------------------------- |-----------5-7-5--|--5-5----4-4--7-7-------------- |--7--7--7--5-7-5--|--5-5----5-5--7-7----5-6------- |--7--7--7--3-5-3--|--------------5-5--7----------- |--5--5--5---------|-------------------------------
feed amber waves of [A#5]grains
to lesser human [A5]beings, zero fee[F5]lings
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[A5]
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[A5]
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[A5]
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A5 (blame it on!)
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F5^
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[A5] A5 F5^ C5
human nature, man's destiny (man's destiny)
F5^ C5
blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
C5 G5^ A#5 F5^
the fear of God the fear of change fear of truth
[C5]add the bill of rights
[C5]subtract the [F5]wrongs ([G#5]theres no answers!)
[C5]memorize and sing
[C5]star spangled [F5]songs ([G#5]when the questions!)
[C5]aren't ever [G5]asked
[G5]is anybody [A5]learning from the[F5] past?
[C5]we're living in u[G5]nited stagna[F5]tion
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A5 G5^
father what have i done
i [C5]took that [A#5]twenty [A5]two
a [F5]gift to [C5]me from [G5]you
[D5]to bed with me each [A5]night
A5 F5^ C5
kept it clean polished it well
F5^ C5 C5* F5^
cherished every cartridge every shell
[A5]down by the creek under [F5]brush under dirt
[F5]theres a [G5]carcass of my second [A5]kill
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A5 F5^
down at the park under stone under under pine
F5^ G5^ A5
theres a carcass of my brother william
A5 F5^
brother where have you gone to i swear
F5^ C5
i never thought i could i see so many times
C5 F5^
they told me to shoot straight
F5^
don't pull the trigger squeeze
F5^ C5
that will insure a kill a kill is what you want
C5 F5^ C5 F5^ C5 F5^ C5
to kill is why we breed
[rytbem fig.1]
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[end rytbem fig.1]
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[rytbem fig.1]
the christians love their guns
the church and n - r - a
pray for thier salvations
prey on the lower faiths
[rytbem fig.2]
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[end rytbem fig.2]
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[rytbem fig.2]
the story books been read
and every line believed
[rytbem fig.2]
cirriculums been set
logic is a threat
reason searched and seized
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E5^ A Am
(jerry spent some time in michigan)
[E5]a twenty year va[C#5]cation after [F#5]all he had a [B5]dime
E5^ C#5 B5
(a dime is worth a lot more in detroit)
[A5]a dime in cali[E5]fornia a [A5]twenty dollar [B5]fine
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E5^ A Am
(jerry only stayed a couple months)
[E5]its hard to en[C#5]joy yourself
while [F#5]bleeding out the [B5]ass
E5^ C#5 B5
(asphyxiation is simple and fast)
[A5]it beats seven[E5]teen fun years of [A5]being someones[B5]bitch
E5^
don't think (stay!)
D5!
drink your wine (home!)
C#5!
watch the fire burn (be!)
his problems not [A5]mine (safe!)
[A5]just be that model citizen
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[E](i wish i had a schilling)
[E7](for every senseless [A]killing)
(i'd [Am]buy a government)
[E](americas for sale)
[E7](and you can get a good deal [A]on it)
(and [Am]make a healthy profit)
or.................
[E5]maybe, tear it a[C5]part [A5] start with as[E5]sumption
[E5]that a million people are [C5]smart [A5] smarter than [E5]one
[trombone riff]
E5 C5 D5 G5 G5*
[trombone riff]
E5 C5 D5 G5 G5*
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[E5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [E5]
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[E5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [E5]
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[E5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [E5]
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[E5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [E5] [rytbem fig.3]
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[end rytbem fig.3]
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[rytbem fig.3]
serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
E5^ D5! C#5*
sara fled thought process gone
[C5]she left her [D5]answering machine [G5]on
E5^ D5! C#5*
the greeting left spoke insincere
[C5]messag[D5]es no one will ever [G5]hear
[A5]10,000 [C5]messages a [G5]day
[G5]a million [D5]more transmissions [A5]lay
[A5]victims [C5]of the laissez [G5]faire
[A5]10,000 [C5]voices a hundred [G5]guns
[G5]100 [D5]decibels turns to [A5]one
[A5]one bullet[C5] one empty he[G5]ad
[E5]now with serrotonin [D5]gone (gone!)
[C5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
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[C5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
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[C5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
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[C5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
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[C5] [B5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
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