Strawman Chords by The Revivalists

[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] You think you're pretty bright [G] cuz mama called you son that don't [Am] mean nothing No
[F] _ You [C] got your bloody knuckles from [G] breaking bricks with all your muscle.
That don't mean [Am] nothing _ [F] No _ _ _
[C] Wasting so much energy
[G] _ _ Searching _ [Am] for an [Dm] enemy
_ To [G] _
[C] ease it down and keep your [G] hands
_ You [Am] can't knock it down like a straw [Dm] man.
[G] _
[C] I
Changed my gears shift [Em] in the [G] dry _ _
[Am] Stay awake
[G] _ [F] _ But _
[C] good human is [G] shot a _ play
[Am] I'm a certified through my [G] straw [Dm] man
But [C] [Em] hey, [Am] you know
[F] Things always be easier.
[C] [Em] Hey, [Am] but don't we [F] all complain? _ _
[C] [Em] Even [Am] so watch [F] out for meteors
[G] and me
and [Ab] other phones of
[G] Sold [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] a million diamonds but [G] never gave up one.
That [Am] don't mean nothing
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] You got your bloody nose from [G] breaking _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] Why _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ you
like [G] a straw [C] man, [Em] hey, [Am] you know,
[F] things could always be easier.
[C] [Em] Hey, but don't we [F] all complain.
Ooh, [C] [Em] need to find someone
[F] to help me meet the urge, _
[G] meet the urge,
another poem so far.
Yeah, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F]
yeah.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
If only this, [G] if only that,
changed the one thing holding me back,
[Em] and I could make it like it's now,
[F] I'd be so free sitting on [G] top.
The world applies, it doesn't wait,
but you don't accept your fate.
Do I know your foolish pride?
[C] Every last root you may despise.
[G] The skies don't care much who you are,
just strike you [Em] down with a meteor.
_ _ _ _ [C] Wasting so much [G] energy,
_ _ _ _ [Am] searching for an [G] enemy
[F] _ [G] to [C] ease the doubt and keep [G] my head.
_ [Em] I [Am] can't knock it down like [G] a straw man.
_ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _