The Happy Prole chords by Quasi

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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


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

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


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

A minorAm Am/Bb Am/GAm/G Am/Gb  x4

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