In Recognition Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bm][C][D][G][Bm][C][Am][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]In recogni
[D]tion of a hun[Am]dred million album [D]sales
[G]In recognitio[Bm]n of you[C]r popular it[D]y
[G]You take you[D]r gaudy pri[Bm]ze
[Am]From people you said you [D]despise
[G]You wear your self-respe[Bm]ct upon
[C]upon your bended [G]knee
[C]In spite of

[Verse 2]
[D]all your [G]claims
It [C]looks like [D]you're just [G]the same
As [C]every other [Cm]clown who
[G]likes to put [Em]the crown
Be[Am]fore or [D]after [G]their name

[Verse 3]
In recogni[Bm]tion of your ser
[C]vice to the work[D]ing class
[G]In recognitio[D]n of [Bm]your[C] party loyalty[D]
[G]You get an er [D]mine robe
And [C]you declare when [D]you are probed
[G]You only too[Bm]k it so the mis
[C]sus would be [G]pleased

[Verse 4]
[C]In spite of [D]all your [G]claims
It [C]looks like you're [D]just [G]the same
As [C]every other clown who
[G]likes to put [Em]the crown
Be[Am]fore or [D]after [G]their [Bm]names

[Verse 5]
Oh [Em]vanity
[Am]It gets them one by on[D]e
[Bm]Cat, religion, mon a[Em]rchy
[C]But only in tal[Am]e, fairly fra[D]il

[Verse 6]
[G]In recognition of your
bravery up on the stage
In recognition of [D]your [G]bankability
You get to wait in lines
With soldiers crippled by land mines
And you think it's the Yanks
that don't get irony

[Verse 7]
[C]In spite of [D]all your [G]claims
It [C]looks like [D]you're just [G]the same
As [C]every other clown who
[G]likes to [D]put [Em]the crown
Be[Am]fore or [D]af ter their [G]name

[Verse 8]
[C]In spite of [D]all your [G]claims
It [C]looks like you're [D]just [G]the same
As [C]every other clown who
[D]likes to put [Em]the crown
Be[Am]fore or [D]after [G]their name
Their [Bm]name

[Verse 9]
[C][D][G]
Their [Bm]name[C][D][G]
Their [Bm]name

[Outro 1]
[C][D][G][G][Bm][D]
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