Revolution Chords by Francis Dunnery

Revolution by Francis Dunnery

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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|------m---------------m------------m-------|
F|------i------------------i-----------i-----|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------t--------t-----------|
D|--t--------t-------------------------------|

Intro:
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
G  Csus2  Csus2/D   Csus2/C   Csus2/B   Csus2/A

Verse 1:
G                       Csus2
How can I be an angry man
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
When I'm not particularly angry anymore
G                       Csus2
I'm selling hope to all the people
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Like selling sins to the devil
G                       Csus2
But the TV shows another war
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
I think I'll start a fire and throw it on
G                Csus2       Am7  Am7
I'm as free as a bird
G                Csus2            A7  (topline travels from 3rd fret on high e string- root quickly A/b/c)
I didn't have the time to read the headlines
Csus2
Spent my whole life
     Bm7                      E7              Am7 (root A B C)
Caught up somebody else's dead lines
   C                  Am7-A7
But freedom's calling revolution
   D   C  B   A (root notes while hittin D on B string)
Freedom's calling Revolution inside

Interlude:
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
G  Csus2  Csus2/D   Csus2/C   Csus2/B   Csus2/A

Verse 2:
G                       Csus2
How can I be a bitter man
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
When I'm not particularly bitter anymore
G                       Csus2
I'm selling light to all the people
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Like selling scent to the flowers
G                       Csus2
But the TV shows a world at war
     Am                        Dsus2       G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
But 98% are not at war!
G                       Csus2   Am7 Am7
I was raised by my mam
G                Csus2            A7  (topline top Estring A/b/c)
We didn't have the time to meet the breadline

Csus2
I spent my whole life
     Bm7                      E7              Am7 (root A B C)
Caught up somebody else's dead lines
   C                  Am7-A7
But freedom's calling revolution
   D   C  B   A (root notes while hittin D on B string)
Freedom's calling Revolution inside

Interlude:
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
G  Csus2  Csus2/D   Csus2/C   Csus2/B   Csus2/A

Verse 3:
G                       Csus2
The doctor comes and he's looking for a reason
     Am                        Dsus2
Selling you pills for the next flu season
G                       Csus2
Bus stop sign says your gonna get ill
     Am                        Dsus2
The drug store sign says your gonna get ill
G                       Csus2
The TV says you better watch your back
   Am                        Dsus2
It will all be well with a vitamin pack
G                       Csus2
Therapy says that you're all wrong inside
   Am                        Dsus2
Dirt and filth in the back of your mind
G                       Csus2
But the only thing wrong with you and me
   Am                        Dsus2
Is the lies they sell so you can't be free
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
So trust yourself
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
I said trust yourself
G                       Csus2
And I swear I saw the promised land
 Am                        Dsus2
I swear I saw an eagle
  G                       Csus2
I swear I feel an evolution
   Am                        Dsus2  G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
I swear I feel a Revolution                          inside
   G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
               I swear I saw a revolution

Outro:
G  Csus2   Am  Dsus2              G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Maybe it's the time for another Revolution
G  Csus2   Am  Dsus2                  G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Maybe it's a sign to question constitution
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2                      G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
They say the national interest is mine but I don't need the
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Illusion
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
They paint another crisis sign but I don't buy pollution
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2
Freedom's calling Revolution inside
G  Csus2  Am  Dsus2 (strumming)
I'm talking freedom.

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