Striding Purposefully Backwards Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C5]What do I have to do for [A5]once
to make the mark?
What do I have to say [F5]to r[A5]egist[C5]er[A5]
[C5]a po[A5]int?[B][C5][G#][A5][F5][Ab5][Eb5]
[A5]Overtake[B]n[C5]

[Verse 2]
[F#m]- all desire and no[F5] connec
[G5]tions.[D5][Dm][G5]
[A5][G5][Eb5][Bb5][G5]

[Verse 3]
I re[Eb5]call these f[A5]riends i[Bb5]n tun [C5]e[G5]
Never would they [Eb5]stoop so [A5]low
And [Eb5]turn on t[C5]hose who b[G5]uilt them
[F#]up[F#5]

[Verse 4]
[D5]Where I'm advised to [B5]move
It [D5]sickens me to think
[C5]When do I reach the place [A5]where [F]I w[A5]ill f[C5]all[A5]
[C5]from [A5]grace?[F]
[A5][B][C5][G#5][A5][F5][G#][Eb5]

[Verse 5]
[D5]Conscien[A5] tio[B]us - t[C5]o the[A5] point[F5]
where [F]I s[Eb5]elf- i[G5]mplod[A5]e[G5]
I re[Ebm]call these f[Dm]riends i[G5]n

[Verse 6]
tun[Eb5]e[G5]
Never [Dm]would they stoop so [G5]low
[Eb5]And turn on those [G5]who built them u[D5]p[G5]

[Interlude 1]
[A5][Bb5][C5][G5][F#5][A5]
[Bb5][C5][G5][F#5][A5][Dm][Eb5][Eb][Dm]
[A5][Eb5][Dm][Eb5][Dm]

[Verse 7]
[Dm]Pro [Eb5]tect i[Ab5]ve[Ab][Bb][B][Eb5][A5][Ab5][Eb5][Bb][Bb5]
[B]- o[Ebm]nly wh[A5]en
I [Ab5]just m[Ab]ight[Bb][B][Eb5][A5][Ab5][Eb5][Bb][B][Bb5][F]
[Bb5]get wh[A5]at's due
Steal [F5]the [Eb]march[Eb5] on a frien[F5]d whose[Eb5] work [F#]you'd[F5][Eb5][Bb5][Bb][F][F#5]
[Bb5]prosti[A5]tute[F#5][A5][Eb5][Eb][Eb5][F][Eb5][F][Eb5][F#5][Bb5][F5]
How [A5]quickly

[Verse 8]
[Faug]you disc[A5]ard [Eb5]those around w[F5]hen use[Eb5]ful
[F5]ness is [Eb5]gone

[Interlude 2]
[A5][Dm][A5][Eb5][Dm][A5][Eb][Dm][A5][Eb5][Eb]

[Verse 9]
[Dm]Beating sense [Eb5]in to [A5]you [Ab5]sadly [Eb5]sits[Bb]
[B]wel[Eb]l[Eb5][Ab5][Eb][Bb][B]
[Ebm]However, [Eb]blows are [A5]dull on an [Ab]empty
[Eb]shel[Bb]l[B]
[A5][Ab][Eb][Bb][B]

[Verse 10]
[A5]
[Eb]Pros[Dm]tituted
Prostituted
Prostituted
[Dm]Prostituted

[Outro 1]
[Ebm]