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🎸 Intro: F C Dm C A# C F C Dm C A# C 🎸 Verse 1: F I woke up from an awful dream Am In June of two thousand sixteen A# F C In a far right fake news fucked up universe F And though we sang the Mountain Goats Am Loud enough to bruise our throats A# F C Every year that followed still got worse and worse A# F C And I read the warning signs of these dark and troubled times A# F C Now I'm trying to keep my head above the water line A# I'm losing sleep on sleeping masses F C Counting sheep and greenhouse gases A# As doomsday clocks and TikToks C Say we're running out of time
🎸 Chorus: F C But I think this world's a fixer upper Dm C A# Broken in the middle of a salvage yard C And I know it will be hard F C All we've got now is each other Dm C A# And we're overwhelmed and Wondering where to start C Yeah I know it will be hard A# Maybe I'm delusional C But I think it could be beautiful F C Dm C If we could only keep from losing heart A# Then we might still C F Have time to build something better from the parts 🎸 Interlude: F C Dm C A# C 🎸 Verse 2: F When I was young and still naive Am I thought that it was guaranteed A# F C That things would change for better, Not for worse F But now the place I'm born and grown Am Is pillaged like the end of Rome A# F C It feels just like we're going ninety in reverse A# As misinformation thrives F C We are fighting for our lives A# F C Just to make sure when the smoke clears there'll be anything left A# The road ahead feels bleak and jaded F C All my future hopes are faded A# C I'm sinking, overthinking, overdrinking and bereft 🎸 Chorus: F C But I think this world's a fixer upper Dm C A# Broken in the middle of a salvage yard C And I know it will be hard F C All we've got now is each other Dm C A# And we're overwhelmed and wondering where to start C Yeah I know it will be hard A# Maybe I'm delusional C But I think it could be beautiful F C Dm C If we could only keep from losing heart A# Then we might still C F C Have time to build something better from the parts Dm C A# C Something better from the parts 🎸 Bridge: A# So don't mourn we will organise F C Stronger when we unionise A# The sorrow shining in your eyes F C I'm keeping at bay A# Don't mourn we will organise F C Stronger when we empathise A# Resistance rising like the tides F C A# To wash all the winter away F C A# To wash it all away 🎸 Interlude: F C 🎸 Verse 3: F So grab a spade, yeah grab a hammer Am Plant some seeds and raise a banner A# F C Roll your sleeves and rake the leaves Left by the passing storm F Boil the kettle, build a movement Am Every day some small improvement A# F C Ready ground to lay down all the World yet to be born A# Lace your boots and find the shoots Dm C Still struggling through the rotted roots A# The saplings laid by other folks Dm C We will turn into mighty oaks A# The battle scars, the broken parts Dm C Of dreams who outlasted those hearts A# Oh everything you dream is possible It's waiting to be made C So my comrade A# C Come grab a spade 🎸 Chorus: F C Because this world's a fixer upper Dm C A# Broken in the middle of a salvage yard C And I know it will be hard F C I go singing for my supper Dm C A# Dragging half the contents of a salvage yard C Lord I know it will be hard A# Maybe I'm delusional C But I think you are beautiful F C Dm C If we could just keep from losing heart A# We might still C Not rest until A# If anybody can, we will C A# F Build something better from the parts
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