Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: One and two and... G Em G Em C x2 Verse 1: G Em C Am D G C Am The lake of dead black children that America created is getting fuller?than?the Founding Fathers?even wanted G D Em C Am The ghost of great America?was underestimated D G C Am And now it rages like a cold sore on the lip of this dumb nation
Refrain: D Am Em D G Again, we've slipped inside a pit of absolute despair, that's where we live G Em G Em C x2 Verse 2: G Em C Am I used to comfort myself with the myth of good intention D G C Am I can't believe that I believed that goodness was inherent G Em C Am The liars lying constantly, post-truth, post-everything D G C Am Some denied humanity, and most at least fucked over G Em C Am My leaders led by nothing-men, dick-first into oblivion D G C Am The civil war didn't just begin, they've been blowing us to pieces G Em C Am Rewarding our worst cruelty, they destroyed our shared reality D G C Am And now they upsell us our dignity like some fucked V.I.P. package Refrain: D Am Em D G Again, we've slipped inside a pit of absolute despair, that's where we live Em D D Am Em D G No-oo-oo, again, we've slipped inside a pit of absolute despair, that's where we live Em Until we don't Outro: D G No justice, no peace, no hope G Em G Em C x2 G
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