The Agonist chords by Leslie Jordan

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F#m

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Enter our protagonist
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He calls himself the agonist
C                                G    D/F#
Never had a good thing he didn’t squander
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From Athensville to Provincetown
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We follow the agonist around
C                          G    D/F# Em
Out to El Cerrito where he wandered

Verse 2:
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A generation dressed in black
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On the heels of Kerouac
C                             G D/F#
One in line behind the lonely poets
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But when you chase a fantasy
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Reality is a casualty
C                                 G    D/F#
You can trade the world and never know it


Bridge:
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A poet and a prodigal
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Manic and methodical
G                                  C
Born with something begging him to roam
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Insane or just insatiable
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A pilgrim with no place to go
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Our story starts and ends with him alone
     Am        D             Em
The agonist, a man without a home


Outro:
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