False Pretense Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Suf[G]fer[A]ers[D] cry,
[G]say[A] th[D]e youth- man a cry[G]
[A]In [D]thi[G]s t[A]ime of r[D]evelation the youth- man not
gon' [A]stand this de[D]pression (depression)
[G]You [A]mad[D]e them what they are th[G]rough your systemat
[A]ical [D]oppression [G](op[A]pression)
Like a pack of hungry wolves seeks an innocent
[Bm]prey (hungry pack [A]of wolves)
Someone else goin' have to suffer,
[Bm]someone will have to pay

[Verse 2]
Yet you're sittin' on [A]false pretense (false pretense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Wagin' wars, [A]crimes and violence (crimes and violence,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Yet you're sittin' over there under your [A]false pretense (under your false pretense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Livin' so nice off the [A]suf
ferers expense
[Bm]

[Verse 3]
In [D]this time of revelation the younger gen[G]eration [A]not gon'
stand this [D]depression [G](de[A]pre[D]ssion)
You made them what they are [G]through [A]your systematical
[D]depression [G](de[A]pression)
Like a hungry pack of wolves seeks an innocent
[Bm]prey (hungry pack [A]of wolves)
Someone else will have to suffer,
someone will [Bm]have to pay

[Verse 4]
Yet you're sittin' on [A]false pretense (false pretense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Wagin' wars, [A]crimes and violence (crimes and violence,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Yet you're sittin' over there under your [A]false pretense (under your false pretense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Livin' so nice off [A]the sufferers expense

[Interlude 1]
[A][Bm]
[D][G][A][D][G][A][D][G][A]
[D][G][A]

[Verse 5]
Depends upon [A]the consequence that [Bm]he faces
[A](consequence he faces)
Findin' his bread will be in desolate [Bm]places
[A](consequence he faces)
Whether he loot (loot), shoot (shoot) or
he [Bm]steal [A](steal)
Findin' he- self [Bm]another meal
Yet you're sittin' on your [A]false pretense (false pretense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
Livin' so nice off [A]the sufferers expense (sufferers expense,
[Bm]whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)

[Verse 6]
You are [Bm]livin' through your [A]past[Bm]
Why try to 'liminate their [A]future[Bm]
'Cause the children of [A]today [Bm](children of today- ay- ay- ay) gonna
be the man of to[A]morrow [Bm](man of tomorrow- ow- ow- ow)
[A]Sufferation, tribulation,
the younger gen[Bm]eration (whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
[A]Starvation, what a dreadful sit[Bm]uation[A]

[Verse 7]
(whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo- whoo)
[A]Sufferers [Bm]cry, it's a sufferers
cry (children of today)
[A]Say the youths them are cryin',
[Bm]It's a sufferers cry