Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Picking Pattern (for the most part - thumb moves with the root note)
t= thumb, i = index, m=middle, r=ring finger
d|---------------r-------------r-------------|
A augmentedA|------m---------------m------------m-------|
FF|------i------------------i-----------i-----|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------t--------t-----------|
D MajorD|--t--------t-------------------------------|
Intro:
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
G+G Csus2Csus2 Csus2/D Csus2/C Csus2/B Csus2/A
Verse 1:
G+G Csus2Csus2
How can I be an angry man
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
When I'm not particularly angry anymore
G+G Csus2Csus2
I'm selling hope to all the people
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Like selling sins to the devil
G+G Csus2Csus2
But the TV shows another war
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I think I'll start a fire and throw it on
G+G Csus2Csus2 Am7Am7 Am7Am7
I'm as free as a bird
G+G Csus2Csus2 A7A7 (topline travels from 3rd fret on high e string- root quickly A/b/c)
I didn't have the time to read the headlines
Csus2Csus2
Spent my whole life
Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 (root A augmentedA BB C majorC)
Caught up somebody else's dead lines
C majorC Am7-A7
But freedom's calling revolution
D MajorD C majorC BB A augmentedA (root notes while hittin D MajorD on BB string)
Freedom's calling Revolution inside
Interlude:
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
G+G Csus2Csus2 Csus2/D Csus2/C Csus2/B Csus2/A
Verse 2:
G+G Csus2Csus2
How can I be a bitter man
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
When I'm not particularly bitter anymore
G+G Csus2Csus2
I'm selling light to all the people
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Like selling scent to the flowers
G+G Csus2Csus2
But the TV shows a world at war
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
But 98% are not at war!
G+G Csus2Csus2 Am7Am7 Am7
I was raised by my mam
G+G Csus2Csus2 A7A7 (topline top Estring A/b/c)
We didn't have the time to meet the breadline
Csus2Csus2
I spent my whole life
Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 (root A augmentedA BB C majorC)
Caught up somebody else's dead lines
C majorC Am7-A7
But freedom's calling revolution
D MajorD C majorC BB A augmentedA (root notes while hittin D MajorD on BB string)
Freedom's calling Revolution inside
Interlude:
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
G+G Csus2Csus2 Csus2/D Csus2/C Csus2/B Csus2/A
Verse 3:
G+G Csus2Csus2
The doctor comes and he's looking for a reason
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Selling you pills for the next flu season
G+G Csus2Csus2
Bus stop sign says your gonna get ill
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
The drug store sign says your gonna get ill
G+G Csus2Csus2
The TV says you better watch your back
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
It will all be well with a vitamin pack
G+G Csus2Csus2
Therapy says that you're all wrong inside
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Dirt and filth in the back of your mind
G+G Csus2Csus2
But the only thing wrong with you and me
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Is the lies they sell so you can't be free
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
So trust yourself
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I said trust yourself
G+G Csus2Csus2
And I swear I saw the promised land
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I swear I saw an eagle
G+G Csus2Csus2
I swear I feel an evolution
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I swear I feel a Revolution inside
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I swear I saw a revolution
Outro:
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Maybe it's the time for another Revolution
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Maybe it's a sign to question constitution
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
They say the national interest is mine but I don't need the
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Illusion
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
They paint another crisis sign but I don't buy pollution
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Freedom's calling Revolution inside
G+G Csus2Csus2 A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 (strumming)
I'm talking freedom.