Rush - Second Nature (with lyrics) Chords

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[B] _ _ [F#] _ A memo to a higher [B] office, _ [F#] _ open letter to the powers [B] that be.
[F#] _ To a god, a king, a head of [B] state, [F#] _ _ captain of industry.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ To the movers and the [B] shakers, _ [F#] _ [C#] _ can't everybody see?
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Not to be second nature, _ _ I mean the places where we live. _ _
Let's talk about this sensibly, _ _ we're not insensitive.
[F#] _ _ I know progress has no [B] patience, _ [F#] _ [C#]
but something's got to give. _ _ _
[A] _ I know [G] you're different, you know [A] I'm the same.
For [G] too busy to be taking [D] the blame.
I'd like [E] some changes, but you don't [F#m] have the time.
We can't [E] go on being inmates of victims' [A] crimes.
No [G] one is blamed, _ _
[A] _ but we're all [G] ashamed. _ _ _
[D] _ _ We [E] fight the fire _ [F#m] while _ we're feeding [E] the flame. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ Folks have got to make choices, _ _ and choices got to have voices.
[B] _ _ _ Folks are basically decent, _ _ conventional wisdom would say. _
_ _ [F#] _ Well we read about the [B] exceptions _ [F#] _ [C#] in the papers every day.
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Not to be second nature, _ [E] _ [B] _
at least that's what I feel.
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Now I lay me down and see [E] man, [B] I know progress's not for real.
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thought we might get closer, [B] _ _ [F#] _
[C#] but I'm ready to make a deal. _ _
[A] _ _ Today [G] is different and tomorrow [A] the same.
It's hard [G] to take the world the way [D] that it came.
Too [E] many rapids keep us sweeping [F#m] along.
Too [E] many captains keep on steering [A] us wrong.
It's hard [G] to take the heat.
_ [A] _ It's hard [G] to let it flame. _ _
[D] _ _ You [E] fight the fire _ _
[F#m] while we're feeding [E] the flame. _
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It's hard to be second nature, [E] _ [B] _ _
at least that's what I feel.
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Now I lay me down and [E] see man, [B] _
I know progress's not for real.
_ _ [F#] I thought we might get closer. _ _ _
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