The Happy Prole chords by Quasi

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Everyday
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
We earn our meager pay
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
But it takes its toll
G         C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
To play the happy prole


Verse 2:
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
They buy your labor
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Try to steal your soul
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Bite the bullet Hold your tongue
  G       C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
And play the happy prole

Verse 3:
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Paranoid and tired
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Quit before you're fired
      C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
But they've got you in the hole
    G      Abm
So you play the happy prole


Bridge:
Am      D
You need the money
    G
So you got to play it dumb
Am         D
But if you play it long enough
   G
It's just what you become

Am Am/Bb Am/G Am/Gb  x4

Verse 4:
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Pay your rent pay your bills
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
Pay the doctor for your pills
C   C7/Bb  F  Fm/Ab
So you can work another day
G
As life slips away