Mother Superior Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]How ready are[D] you[Em]
[Cm]To die for an ideal
[G]What's the con[D]nection[Em]
[Cm]Between a lie and what is [G]real
Mother Su[D]perior[Em]

[Verse 2]
I've [Cm]got an angel on my [G]back
I'm one of the [D]righteous[Em]
And [Cm]I'm never going back
[D]No, no, no
I'm never going [G]back

[Verse 3]
[G]
Who's that shining forth-right [D]man
man
About [Cm]to die behind me
He's wait[G]ing for the portress [Em]to
send me [Cm]head over [G]heels
Who's that black-heart four-star [D]Gen
eral General General [Cm]walking up the hill
To [G]ask the liberals [Em]nicely
To [Cm]help finance his private war

[Verse 4]
And [G]if I didn't trust that man
When [D]he puts the rifle in your hand
Sing[Em]s you songs of pageantry and [Cm]grace
And how much you want to bet
[G]on the other side
There's [D]a man with twice your pride
And they put [Em]you feet first
in an unmarked [Cm]grave
[G]There was a time in our[D] history

[Verse 5]
When we [Cm]justified by saying
Our destinies manifest
[G]Now imperialism[Em] is
[Cm]the mantra of the [G]west

[Verse 6]
See that [G]trigger [D]happy
College [Cm]boys, love a chance
To try out their new [G]toys
Then they wash [Em]the city streets
[Cm]Clean, with the blood of infidels
[D]And [G]if I didn't trust that

[Verse 7]
man
When [D]he puts the rifle in your hand
Sing[Em]s you songs of
pageantry and [Cm]grace
And how much you want [G]to bet
on the other side
There's [D]a man with twice your pride
And they put [Em]you feet first in an
unmarked [Cm]grave

[Interlude 1]
[Cm][G][F5]
[Eb][Bb][D]
[G]As

[Verse 8]
the fabric of democracy
[D]Left tattered in the dus[Cm]t
We could put an[D]other greedy
man into [G]the
[Em]Dictatorial
Puppet-show, now now [D]tell me
Who do you [Cm]trust
Who do you trust

[Verse 9]
And an abominable hemi
[G]sphere
Would perpetuate a heart-whole
atmosphere
atmosphere
Call it a [D]threat
To national se[Cm]curity
Call it just [G]a poor-sick face
face
One more place to export cheap labor
Hail [D]the monarchy

[Verse 10]
Hail [Cm]the oligarchy
A potential [D]for anarchy
And we [Cm]pat ourselves
firmly on the [G]back

[Outro 1]
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