You Are (The Government) Chords
by Bad Religion
You Are (The Government) by Bad Religion is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, G#, A#, C#, D#, C and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F G# A# C# D# F G# A# C# C (x4)
C# G# D# F
Hey, sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong,
C# G# D# A#
Eradicate but vindicate as "progress" creeps along,
C# G# D# F
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge,
C# D# F
As old glory maintains your consciousness
C# D# F
F G# A# C# D# F G# A# C# C (x2)
C# G# D# F
There's a loser in the house and a puppet on a stool,
C# G# D# A#
And a crowded way of life and a black reflecting pool,
C# G# D# F
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies,
C# D# F#
Then country can't pretend to ignore its people's cries
C# D# F
C# D#
F D# F G# D# G# D#
You are the government,
F D# F G# D# G# D#
You are jurisprudence,
F D# F G# D# G# D#
You are the volition,
F D# F G# D# G# D#
You are jurisdiction
F C# G# D# F
And I make a difference too