Materialist Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]
You're [Bb5]ob ses[Bb]sed
[F]and distressed
Cause you can't [C]make any sense
[D]of [Eb]the ludicrous nonsense
And [Bb]incipient senescence
[Eb]That will deem your com
[Bb]mon sense [F]useless
This ain't [G]no recess!
I want to believe [Eb]in you, but

[Verse 2]
[F]my plan
keeps falling through
[G]I know I have [Eb]to face the harsh
[F]ness, grin and bear the truth
[G]And I have to walk [Eb]this mile
in my [F]own shoes
(and I'm no fool!)
I'm ma[G]terialist

[Verse 3]
A full-blown realist
(physical theorist)
And I guess I'm full of doubt
So I'm prone [Bb]to he[F]ar you out and r[Eb]efuse[F]
I'm ma[G]terialist
There ain't no fear in this
It's for all to see,
so don't talk [Bb]of hid[F]den myster[Eb]ies with m[F]e
Mind [Bb]over

[Verse 4]
[F]matter, [C]it really don't mat[D]ter
If [Bb]the street's idle [F]chatter turns
[C]your heart strings [G]to tatters
[Eb]Flatter hopes don't flatter and
[Bb]soul batter won't congeal to mend
[Eb]A life [Bb]that is shattered in[F]to shards
Was it in [G]the cards?
The process of [Eb]belief is

[Verse 5]
an elixir
[F]when you're weak
[G]I must confess,
[Eb]at times [F]I indulge it on the sneak
[G]But generally [Eb]my outlook's not so bleak
[F]
(and I'm not meek!)
I'm ma[G]terialist

[Verse 6]
A full-blown realist
(physical theorist)
And I guess I'm full of doubt,
But [Bb5]I'll gladly [Bb]have[F] it out with you[Eb][F]
I'm [G]ma terialist
I ain't no deist
It's there for all to see,
so don't [Bb]of hid[F]den myster[Eb]ies with [F]me
[G]Like Rome un

[Verse 7]
[Eb]der Nero,
our future's [F]one [G]big zero
Recyc[Eb]ling the past to meet
the imme[F]diate needs
[G]And through it all [Eb]we ramble forth [F]with
perservere and climb
[G]Our mountains of [Eb]regret
to sow [F]our seeds
I'm ma[G]terialist I'm materialist

[Verse 8]
[G]
I'm materialist
I'm mater[Bb]ial i[F]st (hold[G])