Key: C 🤘 Intro: C5 🤘 Verse 1: A5 C5 What you do is what you are A5 C5 And wishing upon distant stars A5 C5 Won't improve the hole you're in A5 C5 And won't absolve your deepest sin
🤘 Chorus: Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 But action is no gift from some covert and lofty god Eb5 F5 C5 It's dependent and weighty all the same Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 And it's oh so easy just to keep to yourself Eb5 F5 C5 But then you're at the mercy of imbeciles 🤘 Verse 2: A5 C5 Now I didn't make up the rules A5 C5 But clearly we are led by fools A5 C5 It is wise to know their ways A5 C5 So you know how not to behave 🤘 Chorus: Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 But sometimes we find ourselves in desperate need Eb5 F5 C5 And we look to those with privilege and power Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 It's then we learn compassion sits inert upon their shelves Eb5 F5 C5 We're at the mercy of imbeciles Guitar 🤘 Solo: C5 Out-🤘 Chorus: Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 No action is no gift from some masked spirit in the sky Eb5 F5 C5 It's reducible to flesh, mind, and bone Eb5 F5 Bb5 C5 And it is oh so easy just to keep to yourself Eb5 F5 C5 But then you're at the mercy of imbeciles C5 Imbeciles C5 Imbeciles C5 Imbeciles!