I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist chords by Grace Petrie

Chords with lyrics

These are the chords for Grace Petrie's "I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist".
Petrie plays a little riff when swapping between A augmentedA and E MajorE almost every time she swaps between those two chords
which goes like:

  A augmentedA E MajorE
e|------------0--------|
BB|-2----------0--------|
G+G|-2----------1--------|
D MajorD|-2----------2--------|
A augmentedA|-0----------2--------|
E MajorE|----4---2---0--------|

She also adds in little folky embellishments which are fun to figure out your own for just to add some variety
to the chords.

Enjoy!

Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse:
 A augmentedA               D MajorD             A augmentedA             E MajorE
I don't believe that aliens have ever come to earth and are buried in the desert by the feds
 A augmentedA             D MajorD                    F# minorF#m       E MajorE       D MajorD  A augmentedA
I know that there is no tooth fairy flying around at night, just loving parents putting money in those beds
      D MajorD          A augmentedA                          E MajorE
and as for homoeopathy well it's not my cup of tea but on your right to believe I will insist
         A augmentedA        A7A7         D MajorD    DmDm
because who's to say what's really real still I can't help but feel
      A augmentedA      E MajorE       A augmentedA
I wish the Guardian believed that I exist

Chorus:
    D MajorD          A augmentedA
There's no such thing as a protest singer
  A augmentedA         E MajorE
we don't have none of those
  A augmentedA        A7A7    D MajorD    DmDm   A augmentedA        E MajorE    A augmentedA
no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed

Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse:
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
I know you miss the good old days of picket lines and flags
      A augmentedA                E MajorE
When the Specials and the Jam all ruled the charts
       A augmentedA             D MajorD
but if you're really looking for this generation's Billy Bragg's
      F# minorF#m     E MajorE     D MajorD    A augmentedA
We are all here with a fire in our hearts
       D MajorD          A augmentedA                          E MajorE
But we're not on the radio because they don't want to know and by this point it's really pretty clear
      A augmentedA       A7A7     D MajorD      DmDm
that the mainstream music press they just couldn't care less
       A augmentedA         E MajorE         A augmentedA
but it's the Guardian that keeps shouting we're not here

Chorus:
    D MajorD          A augmentedA
There's no such thing as a protest singer
  A augmentedA         E MajorE
we don't have none of those
  A augmentedA        A7A7    D MajorD    DmDm   A augmentedA        E MajorE    A augmentedA
no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed

Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse:
 A augmentedA                 D MajorD
I know you like to think that no one does it like you did and in
 A augmentedA           E MajorE
1989 the needle just got stuck
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD             A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA
but just because the system is changed it doesn't mean you've got the monopoly on giving a fuck
    D MajorD               A augmentedA                            E MajorE
Because we all unemployed that housing market you've enjoyed is suspended by the renting of the youth
   A augmentedA       A7A7        D MajorD      DmDm
We've had our wages squeezed, fifty grand tuition fees
     A augmentedA      E MajorE      A augmentedA
so let me let you in on the unspoken truth:

Chorus:
strum chords once:
       D MajorD         A augmentedA         A augmentedA       E MajorE
That there's no such thing as a protest singer, no it's a made up thing
    A augmentedA         D MajorD               F# minorF#m     E MajorE      A augmentedA
There's no such thing as a protest singer because there's politics in everything we sing

back to normal strumming:
    D MajorD          A augmentedA
There's no such thing as a protest singer
  A augmentedA         E MajorE
we don't have none of those
  A augmentedA            D MajorD        F# minorF#m         E MajorE     A augmentedA
no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed

Outro:
      D MajorD        A augmentedA       A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh there's no such thing as a protest singer against austerity
      A augmentedA        D MajorD             F# minorF#m        E MajorE   D MajorD A augmentedA
No there's no such thing as a protest singer cos I can't find them in the NME
      D MajorD        E MajorE
No I can't find them in the NME


End on A augmentedA