Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
D MajorD
The world is dying
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Shit is getting serious
D MajorD
Everybody's lying
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It's impossible to tell the truth
D MajorD
It's worry, worry
D MajorD
Worry, worry
D MajorD
Worry, worry
D MajorD
Worry, worry
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All the time
D MajorD
That don't solve anything
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I never used to be the worrying type
Chorus 1:
G+G D MajorD
But I'm not exactly sure
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What I'm supposed to say
G+G D MajorD
When it feels like Armageddon
A augmentedA D MajorD
Is a stone's throw away
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And everybody voted for the greedy in charge
G+G D MajorD
Well if this is a fight
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Then maybe we lost
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But, me I'm a pacifist
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Eternal optimist
I'll keep on singing
D MajorD
Stating the obvious
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Simple subject matter
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Over-analysing a cup of tea
D MajorD
Where did the milk come from?
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I bet it was a tragedy
D MajorD
There's Fluoride in the water
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It's blurring the vision of my third eye
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But still I put the kettle on
What a time to be alive
Chorus 2:
G+G D MajorD
And I'm not even sure
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If the facts are true
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Cause I'm constantly bombarded by so many points of view
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And, I am my own propaganda machine
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
I believe what I believe I am supposed to believe
G+G E minorEm
And I'll believe in anything
So show me everything
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I'm dancing like a puppet
D MajorD
Not knowing who is pulling the strings
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Dark money and big data
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And the mass manipulation of the human race
D MajorD
Advertising's Frankenstein
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Knows me better than I know myself
D MajorD
Every website that I visit
D MajorD
Every bit of porn I watch
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And every shred of news I read
D MajorD
They analyse, hypothesise
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Then use it as a weapon
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To brainwash me
Chorus 3:
G+G D MajorD
And now I'm almost convinced
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That all the news is fake
G+G D MajorD
But I've been staring at the screen so much
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That I fucked up my neck
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And, I am my own propaganda machine
G+G D MajorD
I believe what my computer
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Wants me to believe
G+G E minorEm
Oh, I sit and stare at it
Think I'm above that shit
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Hook, line and sinker
D MajorD
Fell for the internet
Verse 4:
D MajorD
It was always gonna happen
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The robots are coming now to take our jobs
D MajorD
3D printers printing 3D printers
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3D printers printing jails and guns
D MajorD
Well this car needs a driver
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And these brains need reality
D MajorD
Not just a phone strapped to your face
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While immersing yourself
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In a world of make-believe
Chorus 4:
G+G D MajorD
But I've kind of come accustomed
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To the, 360 view
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Because it's almost realistic
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And kind of believable
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And, I am content as long as I am entertained
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And walking off a cliff is one hell of a game
G+G E minorEm
So, I'll put my headset on
Say "See you later folks"
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I can't even hear you while you're
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Stating the obvious
Instrumental:
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
G+G E minorEm A7A7
Verse 5:
D MajorD
But what is life if not
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A majorA brilliant barricade of obstacles
D MajorD
I'll carry a stranger's bag down the stairs
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But I can't carry the weight of the world
D MajorD
And so I watch the flowers grow
D MajorD
And I listen for the beauty
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As it shines from in-between the gaps
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There's a light at the end of the tunnel my love
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So don't you ever give up
Chorus 5:
G+G D MajorD
And they've discovered seven planets
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Orbiting a distant sun
G+G D MajorD
They are light years away
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But they remind us of home
G+G D MajorD
They remind us to hope
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They remind us to dream
G+G D MajorD
And all the wonderful things
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Human-beings can achieve
G+G
So, quit your worrying
E minorEm
Start your partying
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One door is closing
D MajorD
And another one is opening