transcribed by Mike Ripplinger
[Notes]
* (pm ) = palm-muted
* All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
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["Racist Society"]
A B E
Did you know that you live in a racist society
A B
Did you know you're the privileged class
C#(pm ) B(pm ) A(pm )
And everybody else is essentially taking it up the ass
E A
Did you know that you could be free
E A
Did you know that's not the way that it has to be
E A
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 ) E
And there might never be if you don't change
A B E
Did you know that you live in a war zone (culturally)
A B
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
E A
Did you know that you could be free
E A
Did you know that's not the way that it has to be
E A
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
E B C# A
Big business runs the government and it's not good business
E B A(pm )
If we burn down the government so they keep us occupied
E B C# A
With moron TV shows and shitty beer that wipes out brain cells
E B A
And whining about Congress and stupid fucking income taxes
C#
And if that's not enough
A
To keep your mind off of
E B
The way you're getting dicked around
C#
They fill you with fear and hate
A
Give you someone to blame
E
For all your problems
B A
While the country's going down the fucking toilet
E A
Do you know what they think of you
E A
Do you know how contemptuous they are of you
E A
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