Chords with lyrics
Intro:
FF B/Bm C minorCm (x2)
Verse 1:
FF B/Bm C minorCm
I was just a kid in the 2000s when
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People said you couldn't trust the government
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A augmentedA single mom and double shift to feed her kids but
FF BB
It worked out fine
Verse 2:
FF B/Bm C minorCm
I was still a kid in 2010
FF F/Gm B minorBm
When people said you couldn't trust the internet
FF B/Bm C minorCm
But I used it to escape and maybe find some friends and
FF BB
It worked out fine
Chorus:
FF BB
They're making signs out of picket fences
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Screaming like it's World War Three
FF BB
Kids are leaving their schools to protest
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Everything they see on TV
FF
Hmm
Verse 3:
FF B/Bm C minorCm
I was still a kid in 2012
FF F/Gm B minorBm
When you were switching schools before our brother left
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We never really figured out the time difference but
FF BB
We're still fine
Chorus:
FF BB
You think you're safe behind picket fences
FF B/Bm C minorCm
But you find it harder to breathe
FF BB
I'm sure the kids can outsmart the senate
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Before it hits two hundred degrees
FF
Hmm
Bridge:
FF B/Bm
They tell us it's ******
C minorCm
But we'll make it better
FF B/Bm
The world is on fire
C minorCm
Then I'll be your shelter
FF B/Bm
They tell us it's ******
C minorCm
But we'll make it better
FF B/Bm
The world is on fire
C minorCm
Then I'll be your shelter
FF B/Bm
They tell us it's ****** (**** your picket fence)
C minorCm
But we'll make it better (And your government)
FF B/Bm
The world is on fire (And the consequence)
C minorCm
Then I'll be your shelter (Of all the arguments)
FF B/Bm
They tell us it's ****** (**** your picket fence)
C minorCm
But we'll make it better (And your government)
FF B/Bm
The world is on fire (And the consequence)
C minorCm
Then I'll be your shelter (Of all the arguments)
Chorus:
FF BB
They're making signs out of picket fences
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Screaming like it's World War Three
FF BB
Kids are leaving their schools to protest
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Everything they see on TV
FF BB
You think you're safe behind picket fences
FF B/Bm C minorCm
But you find it harder to breathe
FF BB
I know the kids can outsmart the senate
FF B/Bm C minorCm
Before it hits two hundred degrees
Outro:
FF B/Bm C minorCm
I'm twenty-one, crying like a little kid
FF F/Gm B minorBm
The government officials tweet the world has gone to ****
FF B/Bm C minorCm
I pull double shifts just like my mother did