(Verse 1)
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)  
automatons with business suits swinging black boxes,
D (xx0232@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)               C (x32010@1)          Gsequestering (320003@1)the blueprints of daily life
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)
content and free of care, they rejoice in morning ritual
D (xx0232@1)                                    Bb (x1333x@1)                    C (x32010@1)               Gas (320003@1)they file like drone ant colonies to their office in the sky

(Bridge)
  D (xx0232@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                   C (x32010@1)                      Gi (320003@1)don't ask questions, don't promote demonstrations,
Bb (x1333x@1)                               C (x32010@1)               Adon't (x02220@1)look for new consensus, don't stray from constitution
     E (022100@1)            C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 Aif (x02220@1)i pierce the complexity i won't find salvation
             Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)               Ajust (x02220@1)the bald and overt truth of the evil and deception

(Chorus)
         D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
there is an inner logic,
                D (xx0232@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
and we're taught to keep far from it
         D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
it is simple and elegant,
         D (xx0232@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
but it's cruel and antithetic
Aand (x02220@1)there's no effort to reveal it

(Verse 2)
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)
graduated mentors stroll in marbled brick porticos
    D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)               C (x32010@1)                         Gin (320003@1)sagacious dialog they despise their average ways
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)  
displaying pomp and discipline, they mold their institution
          D (xx0232@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)                  Gwhere (320003@1)they practice exclusion on the masses every day

(Bridge)
  D (xx0232@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                   C (x32010@1)                      Gi (320003@1)don't ask questions, don't promote demonstrations,
Bb (x1333x@1)                               C (x32010@1)               Adon't (x02220@1)look for new consensus, don't stray from constitution
     E (022100@1)            C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 Aif (x02220@1)i pierce the complexity i won't find salvation
             Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)               Ajust (x02220@1)the bald and overt truth of the evil and deception

(Chorus)
         D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
there is an inner logic,
                D (xx0232@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
and we're taught to keep far from it
         D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
it is simple and elegant,
         D (xx0232@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
but it's cruel and antithetic
Aand (x02220@1)there's no effort to reveal it

(Verse 3)
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)
decorated warriors drill harmless kids on pavement
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)                         Gsimulating (320003@1)tyranny under red alert
D (xx0232@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)
protecting the opulent and staging moral standard
D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)                         Gthey (320003@1)expect redemption of character and self-worth

(Bridge)
  D (xx0232@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                   C (x32010@1)                      Gi (320003@1)don't ask questions, don't promote demonstrations,
Bb (x1333x@1)                               C (x32010@1)               Adon't (x02220@1)look for new consensus, don't stray from constitution
     E (022100@1)            C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 Aif (x02220@1)i pierce the complexity i won't find salvation
             Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)               Ajust (x02220@1)the bald and overt truth of the evil and deception

(Chorus)
         D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
there is an inner logic,
                D (xx0232@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
and we're taught to keep far from it
         D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
it is simple and elegant,
         D (xx0232@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
but it's cruel and antithetic
Aand (x02220@1)there's no effort to reveal it

(Bridge & Chorus a 2nd time, while this is chanted behind it)
(no equality, no opportunity,

no tolerance for the progressive alternative)