For The Mekons Et Al Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Is it time [G]for
[C]you to settle [D]down?
Yet your tiredness [G]and sadness
[C]keep my [D]spirits up
And the [G]guns and greed
[C]that is in [D]your heart
Is [G]what [C]a deputy [D]lives for

[Verse 2]
[C]
[G]Without you deputies exist
[C]No voice [G]to broadcast feelings with
[C]Intuition, luck and[G] fear
Con[D]fusion, age and sweat and beer

[Verse 3]
If [D]you won [G]they'd[C]
[D]be the new Mekons
[G]And you [C]perhaps [D]a myth bygone
No, they [G]have [C]something
that [D]they can see
And [G]history is [C]there to serve
[D]our cause

[Verse 4]
[C]Memory, [G]reality
[C]Loy[G]alty, idolatry
[C]Money growing [G]on a tree
Picked by [D]aging little men

[Verse 5]
[G]Deputies [C]do [D]not rely
[G]Individual [C]union[D]s[G]
Imagina[C]tion, [D]open eyes
[G]They're the new[C] home militia
[D]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
Exec[G]utive
[C]branch in a [D]nation [G]of one
[C]Exercise [G]our [D]power
To [G]veto, [C]veto, [D]veto[G]
Be [C]the [D]man of the hour

[Verse 7]
[C]Laws exist like his[G]tory books
At[C]lantis State Uni[G]versity
If you [C]can forget how to
ride [G]a b[D]ike
You have had a good teacher

[Verse 8]
The [G]words are [C]there like
a pretty [D]picture
Hanging on [G]the [C]bathroo[D]m wall
At [G]age [C]16, you are ste[D]aling a mirror
And [G]find a [C]friend beside [D]you

[Verse 9]
[C]Say your piece incidentally
An[G]d p[C]ick a dancing partner[G]
And fol[C]low the steps and [G]don't forget
You [D]can use it again later

[Verse 10]
[G]If we dri[C]nk we sti[D]ll think
And we wake [G]up [C]in the morning[D]
Or we [G]stay [C]out all nig[D]ht long
The [G]righteous path [C]is [D]straight as

[Outro 1]
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