Per Capita Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5][Eb5][A5][Eb5][A5][Eb5]
[A5][Dm][D5][A5][Eb5][A5][D5]
[A5][D5][Eb5]
Countless [Dm]opin[Eb5]ions,

[Verse 1]
[A5]a hotbed [Dm]of riches
[Eb5]Last remain[E5]ing[Dm][Eb5][A5][Eb5][Eb]
[Eb5]entitl[A5]ement
[Eb5]Feeling valued?
[Bb5]Or de [A5]vout[G#5]ly sub d[Eb5]ued?[E5][A5]
[G#m]Per Cap[Eb5]it a[A5]

[Verse 2]
[Eb5]
All placated [E]and [Eb5]hu mou[D5]red[A5]
[Eb5][A5][D5][Eb5][A5][Eb5]
A billion [A5]voices [Eb5]shall [D5]all r[A5]egister,[Eb5]
they say
[A5]Diversity [Eb5]for th[D5]e di[A5]verse[Eb5]

[Verse 3]
[A5]Feeling [D5]valued?
[A5]Or devoutly su[Eb5]bdued?
[A5]Per [G#m]Capita[D5]
[A5]All plac[Eb5]ated and h[Eb]umoured
[Eb5][A5][Eb][Eb5][Eb][Eb5][A5][E][Eb5][E5][Bb5]
[E][Eb5]

[Verse 4]
[A5]The [Eb5]movers[E5],[C#5][Eb5]
[E5]the shaker[Eb5]s, largely abj[E5]ecyfak[Eb5]ers
[E5]Scale [Bb5]their [Eb5]ivory tower [E5]s[Eb5][G5]
Demo[C#5]cracy sours, peas[D5]ant[G#5][G5]
[G#5]Demo c[C#5]racy sours,
[G5]peas[D5]ant![Eb5][E][Eb5]
[E][Eb5][E5]

[Verse 5]
[Bb5][E][Eb5]
Self- [Eb]interest [G5]in the pu[A5]re sense
is [Eb5]pushing for the privilege
Not to be undervalued or [Bb5]singled out as [A5]surplus
[Eb5]- dead [G5]weigh[G#5]t[C#5][G#5][F#5]
[D5]Democracy [C#5]sours, peasa[G5]nt!
[D5]Per [Eb5]Capita[Eb],[C5][Eb5][C5][F#5][Eb5]
you [C5]are entrapped
[Eb5][D5][Eb5][C5][Eb][C5][F#5][Eb5][C5]
[Cm][Dm][F#5][Dm]

[Verse 6]
[Eb]Away from [C5]their precious [F#5]glass [Eb]houses[Dm][G#5]
[Eb]Which you'd shat[C5]ter with
[F#5]stones [Eb]of ju[Dm]st j[D5]ustice
[Eb]Exposing [C5]the power [F#5]base f[Eb5]or all[Eb] its fil[D5]thy
[G#]fa vouriti[Eb]sm[C5][F#][Eb][D5][G#][Eb]
[Cm]Per [C5]Capita, [Eb]they've got your [C5]num
[F#5]ber[Eb][C5][Eb][D5][Dm]
[Eb]Turning

[Verse 7]
the [C5]rest against your so-
[Eb]called reprehensible [D5]devia[G#]nce[Eb]
Setting [C5]new prec[F#5]edents f[Eb5]or crass
[Eb]behavi[G5]our[Ab]
[Eb]And so persist[C5]s the [F#5]untouchable [Eb]elit[Dm]e[Ab][Eb][Cm][F#][Eb][Dm]
[D5][G5][G#][Dm][C#][G#][G5][C#][G5]
[G#][C#5][Dm]
Scale their ivory [C#5]towers, peasant!