Chords for Marilyn Manson Teaches a Class

[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Books away, [B] cell phones off, no eating, [Gbm] etc. _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ Pencils down.
_ _ I lied again.
MTVU [A] and Temple University have arranged for us to have a guest speaker.
I [Gb] like the idea of [D] teaching.
It's [Bb] probably in [E] some strange way what [D] I would _
_ [F] possibly do in [D] another _ reality.
And he'll be standing in for [F] me.
So hopefully he should be waiting right outside the [D] door.
_ Hello. _ _ _
_ _ _ Are you the teacher?
I am the instructor, so I'm Robert.
_ This guy looks more [Bb] f***ed up than I do.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] I did bring, I don't know if [Gb] they'll let the class have it, _ [Ab] _ _ _
Absinthe.
[G] _ As we know, it's the artist's drink.
_ _ Of course Van Gogh [F] lost Sneer, but that's not necessarily related only to Absinthe. _
[Gbm] I _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ always try to explain to people that I think that art is far more important than politics.
_ And for some people like me, it is the closest [D] thing that can be [A] religious. _
_ [Am] _ I think the [E] idea of God is supposed to be about creation.
[A] _ I think artists [D] _
[Ab] put things in the world.
[G] I think that that _
_ [E] ultimately is spiritual for me.
[Ab] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Art to me is a question mark.
I don't think it should ever be an [Gb] answer.
_ [E] People ask you [G] what _ your painting means, what your [Bb] essay means.
[Gb] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [G] That is your [Ab] answer.
That is your response.
[E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ If you're an artist, your goal [Ab] is to affect people. _
[Bb] Whether that's in a negative way or [Em] a positive way.
I think ultimately that [Eb] is the role of the artist in society.
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] I think that's the principle [G] _ _ for which religion was [C] created in the first place.
_ I'm not someone [F] who does [C] not respect _ religion, if that's what [Ab] someone believes in.
_ [Cm] But I don't care for [Ab] the way religion [G] is used to manipulate people. _
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[Gb] _ _ _ Ultimately I think it's the [B] government's way of trying to [Em] show us what we [B] know.
That art is important.
The [Eb] fact that they're trying to stop [B] it or control [E] what it says _ _ [B] justifies what we're all talking about right [Bb] now. _
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I [Gb] love his quote about art as a question [D] mark.
This is really definitely in [F] line with what we've been talking about [D] all semester.
I wasn't even going to come to class today, [Bb] so you know, it was a good thing.
It was a [A] huge, huge, huge surprise.
I have no idea how [D] our professor pulled this off, but I'm really glad that he did.
I think [Ab] there's probably a lot [Eb] of artists in there [Dm] that _ _ [G] end up doing something important.
And that's a good thing. _ _