Grievance Merchants Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]As long there've been stories,
lies [F]and airwaves
What [G]makes a man a man's
been right up [Am]front
In [Dm]vis ions boys are sold
of what it [C]could be
Griev[G]ance when it ain't
like what they [Am]thought
When money and respect
seemed to elude [F]him
And being white [G]alone don't make
the ladies [Am]swoon
There's no short[Dm]age when it
comes to hearing [C]voices[G]
Telling him it's him that's

[Interlude 1]
done it too
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[Verse 2]
Say his [Am]trouble with the ladies
can't be his [F]fault
After [G]all he's what it's natural
they should [Am]want
There's just out[Dm]side voices
turning them against [C]him
A con[G]spiracy to water down his [Am]blood
A conspiracy to water down his [F]blood
And it's [G]all the fault of it,
or them, [Am]or they
[Dm]Give a boy a target for his grievance[C]
[G]And he might get it in his head they

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need to pay
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[Verse 3]
Yeah, giving [Dm]boys targets
for their griev[Am]ance
And then mock[G]ing those who
bear the pain they [Am]cause
It takes [F]a certain special kind of something
[C]To [G]cash the cheque it brings
and sweep it [Am]off

[Verse 4]
[Dm]The demonizing of
the troubled [Am]mind
With [G]all the usual suspects on the [Am]scene
Mer[F]chants selling young
men reclama[C]tion
Mer[G]chants selling old men
back their [Am]dreams

[Verse 5]
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Oh, suspen[G]ded disbelief
and wishful thinking
Comes the [Dm]vision of a special
hell for con- ers
[F]Who sell the marks the doubt
it even happened
[Am]An eternity for every tear
they've mocked
[G]An eternity for every tear they've mocked
[Am]May the pric[Dm]e of freedom
finally be their own
May our [F]thought and our prayers
keep [C]them company
As they [F]wallow in their
helplessness [C]alone
[G]May our [F]thought and our prayers
keep [C]them company
As they wal[F]low in their helplessness alone

[Outro 1]
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