Chords for The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Music And Politics

_ But, _ _ rollin'.
_ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] If ever I would stop [Em] thinking about music and [E] politics, _
_ [F#m] _ _ [C] _ [F] I would tell [Em] you that sometimes it's easier to desire and pursue the attention and admiration of a hundred [E] strangers
than it is to accept the [C] love and loyalty [Em] of those closest to [A] me.
_ [Em] _
[E] And I would tell you that sometimes [Em] I prefer to [E] look at myself through someone [D] else's eyes,
eyes [E] _
that aren't clouded with the tears of knowing what an asshole I [A] can be.
_ [Em]
It's yours, [E] though.
_ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] If ever I would stop thinking about music and politics,
[E] _ I might be able to listen [C] in [F] silence [Em] to your [E] concerns,
_ [G] rather than hearing [A] everything [Em] as an accusation or an [A] indictment.
[C] It's [F] yours.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
And I would tell you that [E] sometimes I use sex to avoid [F#m] communication. _ _
It's the best escape when we're [A] down on our luck.
[Em] _
But I can express more emotions [E] than laughter, [F#m] anger, [C] _
and let's [Em] fuck. _ _ _
[C#] If ever [C] I would stop [B] thinking about [E] music and politics,
[C#] If [C] ever I would stop [Bm] thinking about [E] music and politics,
[C#] If ever [C] I would stop [B] thinking about music [E] and politics,
[C#m]
If ever [C] I would stop [B] thinking about [E] music and politics,
_ [C#m] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ If ever I would stop thinking about music and politics,
[A] _ _ I [Em] would tell you that I pooped in my own dog dish.
[B] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ Sometimes I would rather [E] face not eating _ than [F#] face licking it clean [Em] and admitting [E] when I'm [Em] selfish.
And I'd tell you that I'm suffering from the [B] worst type of loneliness, _
the [C] loneliness of being [F] misunderstood.
_ [B] _
_ _ [Em] Or [E] more poignantly, [G] the loneliness [E] of being afraid [D]
to allow [C] myself [F] to [Em] be understood.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ If ever I would stop thinking about music and [D] politics,
_ [Am] _ _ [F]
[E] I would tell you that the personal revolution [Em] _
is far [A] more difficult.
[Em] First [E] step in any revolution.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D]
If [C] ever I would stop [B] thinking about [E] music and politics,
[C#] If [C] ever I would stop thinking [B] about [E] music and politics,
[C#] If ever [C] I would stop [B] thinking about [E] music and politics,
[C#m] If [C] ever I would stop [Bm] thinking about [E] music and politics,
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ I would tell you that music [Bm] is the expression of emotion.
[E] _ [D] And that politics is merely the [A] decoy of perception.
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _