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Key: C
πΈ Intro:
C5 E5 C5 E5
πΈ Verse 1:
C5 E5
Three thousand miles of wilderness, overcome by the flow
C5 E5
A lonely restitution of pavement, pomp and show
C5 E5
I seek a thousand answers
I find but one or two
C5 E5 C5
I maintain no discomfiture, my path again renewed
πΈ Chorus:
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5
That's where I'll stay
E5
Swimming upstream
C5 E5 C5 E5
I maintain against the grain
πΈ Verse 2:
C5 E5
Here labeled as lunatic, sequestered and content
C5 E5
There ignored and defeated by the government
C5 E5
There's an oriented public whose magnetic force does pull
C5 E5 C5 E5
But away from the potential of the individual
πΈ Chorus:
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5
That's where I'll stay
E5
Swimming upstream
C5 E5 C5 E5
I maintain against the grain
πΈ Verse 3:
C5 E5
The flow is getting stronger with smaller increments of time
C5 E5
And eddies of new ideas are increasingly hard to find
C5 E5
You need all that the other has, it's your right to seize the day
C5 E5 C5 E5
But in all your acquisitions you will soon be swept away
πΈ Chorus:
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5
That's where I'll stay
E5
Swimming upstream
C5 E5 C5 E5
I maintain against the grain
πΈ Verse 4:
C5 E5
There's a common consensus and an uncomfortable cheer
C5 E5
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear
C5 E5
It sings, "leave your cares behind you, just grab tenaciously"
C5 E5 C5
This lulling sense or purpose will destroy us rapidly
πΈ Chorus:
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5
That's where I'll stay
E5
Swimming upstream
C5 E5 C5 E5
I maintain against the grain
πΈ Outro:
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5
Against the grain
E5 C5 E5
Against the grain
Song History
Published: October 25, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025