Failed State Chords by David Rovics
Tempo:
120.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
Em
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Am]
[A]
[Am]
[A] When you're working two jobs and living in a tent, when a house costs a million [Am] bucks and you can't pay the rent,
when [A] politicians say they'll help but it keeps getting worse each time the landlord lobby pulls [Am] the strings of the purse,
[E] when the human right to [Em] housing isn't even part of [Am] the debate, you know you're living in a [A] failed state.
[Am]
[A] When millions of citizens are spending half their lives locked up in a [Am] prison for trying [A] to survive,
when laws must be broken just to have a place to stay, when [Am] the prisons pay the senators to look the other way,
[E] if you have to be a criminal [Em] to put food [Am] upon your plate, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A]
[Am] When you're facing [A] climate breakdown when the trees are all on fire, when half the country's [Am] underwater,
when a climate [A] change denier runs the nation and the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines,
[Am] this is not so much a country [Em] as it is a corporation.
Buckling [Am] under its weight, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A]
[Am] When your nation [A] is an empire facing daily blowback and the only thing your leaders [Am] can think to do is attack,
bipartisan [A] consensus that we need to spend 700 [Am] billion before the year's end,
on [E] a military budget [G] to make America [A] great, you know [C] you're [A] living in [Bm] a failed [A] state.
[Am] [A] When almost every day some psycho with a gun [Am] has to open fire on a crowd [A] before it's done,
when a music festival becomes a free-fire zone and all they can say is [Am] it's okay now he was acting alone,
buy some [Em] armor, pray to God, and hide behind [A] a gate, [C] you know you're [Am] living in [Bm] a [A] failed state.
You [C] know you're living [A] in a failed state.
[Am] You know you're living in a failed
[Am]
[A]
[Am]
[A] When you're working two jobs and living in a tent, when a house costs a million [Am] bucks and you can't pay the rent,
when [A] politicians say they'll help but it keeps getting worse each time the landlord lobby pulls [Am] the strings of the purse,
[E] when the human right to [Em] housing isn't even part of [Am] the debate, you know you're living in a [A] failed state.
[Am]
[A] When millions of citizens are spending half their lives locked up in a [Am] prison for trying [A] to survive,
when laws must be broken just to have a place to stay, when [Am] the prisons pay the senators to look the other way,
[E] if you have to be a criminal [Em] to put food [Am] upon your plate, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A]
[Am] When you're facing [A] climate breakdown when the trees are all on fire, when half the country's [Am] underwater,
when a climate [A] change denier runs the nation and the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines,
[Am] this is not so much a country [Em] as it is a corporation.
Buckling [Am] under its weight, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A]
[Am] When your nation [A] is an empire facing daily blowback and the only thing your leaders [Am] can think to do is attack,
bipartisan [A] consensus that we need to spend 700 [Am] billion before the year's end,
on [E] a military budget [G] to make America [A] great, you know [C] you're [A] living in [Bm] a failed [A] state.
[Am] [A] When almost every day some psycho with a gun [Am] has to open fire on a crowd [A] before it's done,
when a music festival becomes a free-fire zone and all they can say is [Am] it's okay now he was acting alone,
buy some [Em] armor, pray to God, and hide behind [A] a gate, [C] you know you're [Am] living in [Bm] a [A] failed state.
You [C] know you're living [A] in a failed state.
[Am] You know you're living in a failed
Key:
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Am
Em
E
C
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [A] When you're working two jobs and living in a tent, when a house costs a million [Am] bucks and you can't pay the rent,
when [A] politicians say they'll help but it keeps getting worse each time the landlord lobby pulls [Am] the strings of the purse,
[E] when the human right to [Em] housing isn't even part of [Am] the debate, you know you're living in a [A] failed state. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] When millions of citizens are spending half their lives locked up in a [Am] prison for trying [A] to survive,
when laws must be broken just to have a place to stay, when [Am] the prisons pay the senators to look the other way,
[E] if you have to be a criminal [Em] to put food [Am] upon your plate, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ When you're facing [A] climate breakdown when the trees are all on fire, when half the country's [Am] underwater,
when a climate [A] change denier _ runs the nation and the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines,
[Am] this is not so much a country [Em] as it is a corporation.
_ Buckling [Am] under its weight, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ When your nation [A] is an empire facing daily blowback and the only thing your leaders [Am] can think to do is attack,
bipartisan [A] consensus that we need to spend 700 [Am] billion before the year's end,
on [E] a military budget [G] to make America [A] great, you know [C] you're [A] living in [Bm] a failed [A] state.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] When almost every day some psycho with a gun [Am] has to open fire on a crowd [A] before it's done,
when a music festival becomes a free-fire zone and all they can say is [Am] it's okay now he was acting alone,
buy some [Em] armor, pray to God, and hide behind [A] a gate, [C] you know you're [Am] living in [Bm] a [A] failed state. _
_ _ _ _ You [C] know you're living [A] in a failed state. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] You know you're living in a failed
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [A] When you're working two jobs and living in a tent, when a house costs a million [Am] bucks and you can't pay the rent,
when [A] politicians say they'll help but it keeps getting worse each time the landlord lobby pulls [Am] the strings of the purse,
[E] when the human right to [Em] housing isn't even part of [Am] the debate, you know you're living in a [A] failed state. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] When millions of citizens are spending half their lives locked up in a [Am] prison for trying [A] to survive,
when laws must be broken just to have a place to stay, when [Am] the prisons pay the senators to look the other way,
[E] if you have to be a criminal [Em] to put food [Am] upon your plate, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ When you're facing [A] climate breakdown when the trees are all on fire, when half the country's [Am] underwater,
when a climate [A] change denier _ runs the nation and the opposition party votes for oil rigs and pipelines,
[Am] this is not so much a country [Em] as it is a corporation.
_ Buckling [Am] under its weight, you know you're living in a failed state.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ When your nation [A] is an empire facing daily blowback and the only thing your leaders [Am] can think to do is attack,
bipartisan [A] consensus that we need to spend 700 [Am] billion before the year's end,
on [E] a military budget [G] to make America [A] great, you know [C] you're [A] living in [Bm] a failed [A] state.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] When almost every day some psycho with a gun [Am] has to open fire on a crowd [A] before it's done,
when a music festival becomes a free-fire zone and all they can say is [Am] it's okay now he was acting alone,
buy some [Em] armor, pray to God, and hide behind [A] a gate, [C] you know you're [Am] living in [Bm] a [A] failed state. _
_ _ _ _ You [C] know you're living [A] in a failed state. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] You know you're living in a failed
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