Chords for Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ It got too hot and so we overthrew the [Am] system
This is no place for human existence like [D] right here
On [F] this bright [B] blue marble
Orbited [Am] by trash
_ [C] Man, there's no [Am] need for that
It was no [C#] big thing to give up the way of [Am] life we had
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ My _ social life is [C] now quite a bit [Am] less hectic
[C] The nightlife [Am] and the protests are [D] pretty scarce
I [F] mostly spend [B] the long [C] days
Walking through [Am] the city
_ _ [C] Empty [Am] as a tomb _
[C#] Sometimes I miss the top [C] of the food chain
But what a perfect [Am] afternoon
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Industry and commerce _ toppled to their knees
[C#m] The kiss of progress halted
Under [C#] classic dreams
_ [C] Spurred ego shatters with the _ ideologies
It's an [A] injunction to ensure that
This appears [C#] as an achievement
And as we return to our native state
To our global scene
The [Am] temperature [A] started dropping
The ice floes began to freeze
[Am] _ _
[D] From [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
time to time we all get
[Am] A bit restless with no one appetizing to us [D] constantly
With the [F] tribe at the fall [B] on the red porch
[C] Some night salesmen and [E] dancing
If you [C] don't mind gathering [Am] and hunting
We're [C#] all still pretty [C#m] good at eating [C] on the run
Things that would have been helpful to know before the [Am] revolution
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Though I'll admit some [C] degree [Am] of resentment
For the [C] sudden lack of convenience [D] around here
But [F] there are some [B] visionaries among us
[C] Developing [Am] some products _
To aid us in our struggle [D] to survive
On _ this [C#] godless rock that _ refuses [C#m] to [C] die _ _ _ _
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