Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist (acoustic) chords

John K. Samson

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Intro 

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Verse 

Held like water in you shaking hands are all the small defeats a day demands. 10-6 or 9-5  
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 trying, dying to survive.  
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Never knowing what survival means. 
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Leave the apartment  to buy 

alcohol. Hang our diplomas on the bathroom wall 
Pick at the plaster chipped away 
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RIFF 2 

survey some stunning tooth decay, enlist the cat in the 
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impending class-war 
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Let's lay our bad days down here dear let's 
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make believe we're strong 
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or hum some protest song... 
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Like maybe "We Shall Overcome Someday." 
overcome the stupid things we say. 
Say I needed more than this 
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Say I needed one more kiss 
We left that light on 
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way too long now... 
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Let's plant a bomb at city-hall  
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and kill an MLA 
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We'll talk the night away... 
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you'll call in sick  I'll quit the word-games that I play 
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swear I will mor than half believe me when I say 
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that somewhere love and justice  

shine, cynicism falls asleep,  
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tyranny talks to itself, sappy slogans all come true,  
we forget to feed our fears 
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