Desperate State Chords by Excessive Force

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ I'm just a Chicago cab driver.
_ I haven't heard of any of this.
Because you see, you run into a range of crowded people in a neighborhood.
But we got guys out here that's so memorized by television, drugs, superficial things.
Ha!
They're fucked up.
A lot of kids just aren't looking at the future as really a bright point in their life.
We have a bleak outburn.
We're going to discuss your alcohol and drug abuse.
_ _ _ _ Our country is self-destructing from the damage.
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[G] Some say, [Eb] what the?
It's not dead at all.
It's going to come back.
Who gives a fuck about what's happening overseas at this point in time?
I'm not worried about a wounded soldier _ walking down State Street anytime in the very near future.
I am worried about my daughter or son or my girlfriend walking out, getting hit over the head for $10 in the [B] first.
I'm addressing issues.
Guys going out there and sticking you and me up to get our money, so we can pay for your drug tricks.
[E] It's a mistake.
_ [Fm] [E] It's a mistake. _
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[A] [E] a mistake.
_ [F] It's a mistake.
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It's a mistake.
I actually love that.
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[A] We're such [E] a [Eb] materialistic society that _ we reached a level of dementia in terms of, _ and nobody went in the situation.
There's no winners.
There's only people suffering as usual.
I'm just a drug lord, guys.
_ _ People don't even smile.
You know, you walk down the street and you look at these couples.
They don't want to embrace each other anymore.
_ Everyone's living in a perpetual state of fear.
[B] Something has to be done.
Our country is self-destructing from the damage.
_ In two or three years, it's going to be my body.
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[A] just a Chicago [N] club driver.
I have a feeling that we elected some people up there to represent our needs and aspirations.
They don't seem to be doing a good job. _ _ _
Bush formerly headed the CIA.
You know, a guy like him.
That's what's in the middle of the coffin.
It's like big brothers trying to push us way along.
_ _ At least Clinton came from somewhere that me or me's.
[D] He can relate to the common guy.
He knows what we're going through.
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It's a mistake.
_ [F] [E] That's a mistake on the face.
What do you think of that, Mr.
[F] Obama?
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[A] [E] That's a mistake.
_ [F] [E] That's a mistake on the face.
I ain't worried about that.
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[A] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] There _ _
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[A] _ [G] isn't a perfect system.
_ Not that there isn't a perfect system.
But there certainly can be a more equitable one. _
Where the average worker can make a decent living _
and support his family, give them a good education, adequate help,
and some hope for the future.
_ _ _ There's no hope for the future. _
We're not [E] far enough.
That far, it just takes a little while.
We have to figure out a way to self-destruct. _ _
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[A] We have to be_
We have [Gm] these people that elected these politicians
that appointed this guy, that appointed this guy.
They're all of the same _ narrow _ ideology.
And they're trying to promote, put their values on you.
It doesn't seem to be just so.
I think that's not going to work. _
We'll be at each other's throats. _ _ _ _
I think that Rodney King's meeting _ just brought it all up.
_ _ No peace without justice.
[N] I have a feeling that we're walking on thin ice right now.
_ _ _ There has to be a perfect value system.
_ And we're all going to be coming to the meetings of the minds of the people.
_ _ _ What's up to you?
[E] Respected [Fm] state, [E] respected state of affairs,
what do you think about [F] yourself?
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[A] _ [E] Respected state, [F] _ [E] respected state of affairs,
how do you like [F] that?
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[A] _ [E] Respected state, [N] _ respected state of affairs,
what do you think about yourself?
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[A] _ [E] Respected state, [F] _ [E] respected state of affairs,
how do you like that?
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[A] [E] Thanks for staying.
[F] [E] Thanks for staying with me.
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[A] [E] Thanks for staying.
[F] [E] Thanks for staying with me.
I really love you.
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