• Song:

    Racist Society

  • Artist:

    Screeching Weasel

  • Album:

    Major Label Debut EP

transcribed by Mike Ripplinger 

[Notes]
* (pm ) = palm-muted
* All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X

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["Racist Society"]

        A5                       B5        E5
Did you know that you live in a racist society
        A5                          B5
Did you know you're the privileged class
    C#(pm )             B(pm )                A(pm )
And everybody else is essentially taking it up the ass

        E5                      A5
Did you know that you could be free
        E5                               A5
Did you know that's not the way that it has to be
        E5                         A5
Did you know you can still change everything

        C#(pm )                             B(pm )
Did you know that there's no such thing as equality
                A(pm )     B(pm )               E5
And there might never be         if you don't change
        A5                       B5           E5
Did you know that you live in a   war zone (culturally)
        A5                           B5
Did you know that your parents were fucked
          C#(pm )                    B(pm )           A(pm )
When they taught you how to fear anybody who wasn't white enough

        E5                      A5
Did you know that you could be free
        E5                               A5
Did you know that's not the way that it has to be
        E5                         A5
Did you know you can still change everything

C#(pm )                      B(pm )
      Did you know that the older you get
        A(pm )                    B(pm )
It gets easier to blame somebody else for your own mess
C#(pm )                      B(pm )              A(pm )
      Did you know that the Jews don't run the world
              B(pm )
And all black men aren't criminals
C#(pm )                       B(pm )        A(pm )
      Did you know there's a lot of money to be made
     B(pm )           C#(pm )            B(pm )
From keeping you paranoid, suspicious, worried, frightened
A(pm )            B(pm )
All wound up and tense inside 'cause

E5            B5              C#5            A5
Big business runs the government and it's not good business
E5            B5        A(pm )
  If we burn down the government so they keep us occupied
E5            B5            C#5               A5
  With moron TV shows and shitty beer that wipes out brain cells
E5             B5                  A5
  And whining about Congress and stupid fucking income taxes

C#5
  And if that's not enough
A5
  To keep your mind off of
E5                                B5
  The way you're getting dicked around
C#5
  They fill you with fear and hate
A5
  Give you someone to blame
E5
  For all your problems
          B5                        A5
While the country's going down the fucking toilet

       E5                       A5
Do you know what they think of you
       E5                          A5
Do you know how contemptuous they are of you
       E5                 A5
Do you know how easy you are to fool
C#(pm )                                               B(pm )
       You're like a dog doing after a ball that was never thrown
                       A(pm )        B(pm )         E(pm )
Well guess what you're on your own           Good luck






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