Things That Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution chords by Father John Misty

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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It got too hot and so we overthrew the system
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'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here
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On this bright blue marble orbited by trash
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Man, there's no beating that
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It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had
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Oh ho oh

Verse 2:
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My social life is now quite a bit less hectic
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The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce
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Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city
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Empty as a tomb
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Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain
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But what a perfect afternoon

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Chorus:
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Industry and commerce toppled to their knees
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The gears of progress halted

The underclass set free
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The super-ego shatters with our ideologies
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The obscene injunction to enjoy life

Disappears as in a dream
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And as we return to our native state

To our primal scene
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The temperature, it started dropping

The ice floes began to freeze

Bridge:
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Verse 3:
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From time to time we all get a bit restless
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With no one advertising to us constantly
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But the tribe at the former airport
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Some nights has meat and dancing
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If you don't mind gathering and hunting
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We're all still pretty good at eating on the run

Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution

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Verse 4:
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Though I'll admit some degree of resentment
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For the sudden lack of convenience around here
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But there are some visionaries among us developing some products
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To aid us in our struggle to survive
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