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

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 and E almost every time she swaps between those two chords
which goes like:

   A E
e|------------0--------|
B|-2----------0--------|
G|-2----------1--------|
D|-2----------2--------|
A|-0----------2--------|
E|----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 D A E
A D A E A

Verse:
  A                             D                         A                          E
I don't believe that aliens have ever come to earth and are buried in the desert by the feds
  A                          D                                        F#m              E             D    A
I know that there is no tooth fairy flying around at night, just loving parents putting money in those beds
           D                    A                                                    E
and as for homoeopathy well it's not my cup of tea but on your right to believe I will insist
                 A                A7                 D        Dm
because who's to say what's really real still I can't help but feel
           A           E             A
I wish the Guardian believed that I exist

Chorus:
        D                    A
There's no such thing as a protest singer
   A                  E
we don't have none of those
    A                A7        D        Dm      A               E        A
no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed

Instrumental:
D A E
A D A E A

Verse:
A                                    D
I know you miss the good old days of picket lines and flags
           A                                E
When the Specials and the Jam all ruled the charts
              A                          D
but if you're really looking for this generation's Billy Bragg's
           F#m          E          D       A
We are all here with a fire in our hearts
              D                    A                                                    E
But we're not on the radio because they don't want to know and by this point it's really pretty clear
            A             A7         D            Dm
that the mainstream music press they just couldn't care less
              A                 E                 A
but it's the Guardian that keeps shouting we're not here

Chorus:
        D                    A
There's no such thing as a protest singer
   A                  E
we don't have none of those
    A                A7        D        Dm      A               E        A
no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed

Instrumental:
D A E
A D A E A

Verse:
  A                                 D
I know you like to think that no one does it like you did and in
  A                      E
1989 the needle just got stuck
    A                                    D                          A           E       A
but just because the system is changed it doesn't mean you've got the monopoly on giving a fuck
        D                             A                                                       E
Because we all unemployed that housing market you've enjoyed is suspended by the renting of the youth
     A             A7               D            Dm
We've had our wages squeezed, fifty grand tuition fees
          A            E            A
so let me let you in on the unspoken truth:

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

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

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



End on A