Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist chords by The Weakerthans

E         A            E              A
Held like water in you shaking hands
E           A               E             A
are all the small defeats a day demands.
E  A      B         A        E
10-6 or 9-5 trying, dying to survive.
E     A               E
Never knowing what survival means.

E         A                E         A
Leave the apartment to buy alcohol.
E        A               E                 A
Hung our diplomas on the bathroom wall.
E           A               B
Pick at the plaster chipped away,
            A              E
survey some stunning tooth decay,
  E        A            E
enlist the cat in the impending class-war.

B             F#m      A
Let's lay our bad day down here, dear
    B    F#m           A
and make-believe we're strong,
   E        F#m     A
or hum some protest song.

                         E              A
Like maybe "We Shall Overcome Someday."
E            A      E              A
Overcome the stupid things we say.
E     A                B
Say I needed more than this,
      A               B
say I needed one more kiss.
   F#m                E   A   E    A
We left that light on way too long now.

      B       F#m     A
Let's plant a bomb at city-hall and
B       F#m A
kill an M-L-A.
      E        F#m    A
We'll talk the night away.
            E                   F#m               A
You call in sick, I'll quit the word-games that I play.
                               E        F#m    A
I swear I way more than half believe it when I say

C#                                  A
somewhere love and justice shine.
B               E
Cynicism falls asleep.
C#               A
Tyranny talks to itself.
B                      E
Sappy slogans all come true.
C#              A               B               B
We forget to feed our fear.