My Conviction Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]You know kids, I wish every mom and dad
would [G]make a speech to their
teenagers and say kids, [D]be free, [G]be wha[D]tever you[G] are[D],[G][D][C][Am][D]
[G]do whatever you
want to do, just so [D]long as you don't
hurt anybody. [G]And remember kids,
[C]I am your friend.

[Verse 2]
I would just like [C]to say that it is my
conviction
That [Bm]longer hair and other flam
[Bbdim]boyant af[Am]fectations
Of appearance [F#]are nothing [Bm]more
[D]Than the mal[G]e's emergence
from his drab camoflage
[C]Into the gaudy plumage
Which is the [G]birthright [D]of his [G]sex

[Verse 3]
[D]There is a peculiar notion
[G]that elegant [Em]plumage
And [C]fine [Cm]feathers are not [D]proper for the [Dm]male
[E][Am][Bbdim][Em][F][G][Am]
[Adim]When ac- - - - - - tually
That is the way things [G]are[C]
In [Dsus4]most spec[D]ies

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