Second Nature Chords by Rush

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[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
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[B] _ [F#] _ _ A memo to a higher [B] office, [F#] _ _ open letter to the powers that [B] be.
_ [F#] To a god, a king, a head of [B] state, _ [F#] _ a captain of industry.
[B] _ [F#] _ To the movers and the shakers, [B] _ [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 patience, _ _ [C#]
but something's got to give. _ _ _
[A] _ I know you're [G] different, you know I'm [A] the same.
But too [G] busy to be taking [D] the blame.
_ I'd like [E] some changes, but you don't have [F#m] the time.
We can't go [E] on thinking it's a [A] victimless crime.
No one [G] is blameless, _ _
[A] but we're all without [G] shame. _ _
[D] _ We fight [E] the fire, _ _
[F#m] while we're feeding [E] the flame. _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ Folks have got to make choices, _ _ and choices have got to have voices.
[B] _ _ _ Folks are basically _ decent, _ conventional wisdom you'd say. _
_ [F#] _ _ Well we read about the exceptions, [B] _ [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.
[E] _ _ [B] Now a lady damns me, [E] man, [B] I know purpose not for real.
_ _ [F#] I thought we might get closer, [B] _ _ [F#] _ [C#]
but I'm ready to make a deal. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] Today's different and [A] tomorrow's the same.
It's hard to [G] take the world the way that [D] 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 to [G] let blame. _ _
[D] _ _ You fight [E] the fire, _ _
[F#m] _ while we're feeding [E] the flame. _ _
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Not to be second nature, _ [E] _ [B] at least that's what I feel.
_ [E] _ [B] Now a lady damns [E] me, man, [B] I know purpose not for real.
_ _ [F#] I thought we might get closer. _ _ _ _
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