Cult Of Personality chords by Living Colour

Album: Vivid
Words & Music: William Calhoun, Corey Glover,
Muzz Skillings & Vernon Reid
Key: G Dorian, 1 flat, Bb


Intro:
(Malcom X, Spoken) "And during the few moments we have left...
We want to talk right down to earth in a language that
everybody here can easily understand."

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Verse 1:
           G9   G5
Look in my eyes,   What do you see?
    Bb5            F5
The cult of person-ality.
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   I know your anger, I know your dreams,
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I've been ev'ry-thing you wana be, oh,
        Bb5            C5
I'm the cult of person-ality.
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   Like Mussolini an' Kennedy,
        Bb5            F5
I'm the cult of Person-ality,
    G5
the cult of personality,
    Bb5            C5
the cult of person-ality,

Interlude:
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Bridge:
Bb   F       C     G
Neon lights, Nobel prize,
       D      A              F        C
When a mirror speaks, the re-flection lies,
Bb5      F       C      G
He won't have to follow me,
D    A       F      C
Only you can set me free.

Solo:
  G5

Verse 2:
           G9      G5
I sell the things, you need to be,
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I'm the smilin' face on your TV.
            Bb5            F5
Oh, I'm the cult of Person-ality,
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   I exploit you, still you love me.
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I told you one an' one makes three.
            Bb             C5
Oh, I'm the cult of Person-ality,
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Like Joseph Stalin and Ghandi,
            Bb5            F5
Oh, I'm the cult of Person-ality,
    G5
the cult of personality,
    Bb5            C5
the cult of person-ality,

Interlude:
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Bridge:
Bb   F       C     G
Neon lights, Nobel prize,
       D      A            F      C
When a leader speaks, that leader dies.
Bb5      F       C      G
He won't have to follow me,
D    A       F      C
Only you can set me free.

Solo:
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Verse 3:
               G9    G5
You gave me fortune, you gave me fame.
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You gave me power in your God's name.
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I'm ev'ry person you need to be.
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Oh, I'm the cult of per-son-ality
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I am the cult of, I am the cult of,, I am the cult of,
                  Bb5                C
I am the cult of, I am the cult of,, I am the cult of,
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I am the cult of, I am the cult of personality.

Outro:
(John F. Kennedy, Spoken)
"Ask not what your country can do for you..."
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(Franklin D. Roosevelt, Spoken)
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."