• Song:

    Great Imperialist State

  • Artist:

    Simone White

  • Album:

    I Am The Man

Verse 1:

Bm (x24432@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)                    
There's a farmer in a distant country working on the land
               D (xx0232@1)                      BmA (x24432@1)hat upon his head and a shovel in his hand
              F# (244322@1)                        GTill (320003@1)the soil plant the seed wait a while cut the leaf
                               BmAnd (x24432@1)send another cup of tea to me

Verse 2:

Bm (x24432@1)                D (xx0232@1)                      BmI'm (x24432@1)a spoiled child of the great imperialist state
                 D (xx0232@1)                            BmI (x24432@1)cannot kill my meat nor grow the food upon my plate
                      F# (244322@1)                           GI (320003@1)never walked a mile to the well, when the tap runs dry to tell
                            BmWhat (x24432@1)will become of you and me

Chorus:

C# (x43121@1)                    BmWhat (x24432@1)will become of us, who will give us trust
Em (022000@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)              F# (244322@1)                GWill (320003@1)you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain
                         F#That (244322@1)I felt shame when I looked the other way

Verse 3:

Bm (x24432@1)                          D (xx0232@1)                     BmWoke (x24432@1)up this morning, the revolution knocking down my door
                 D (xx0232@1)                               BmThose (x24432@1)capitalist pigs? No, they don't live here anymore
                          F# (244322@1)        
Slipped out the back door into my car how far can you drive how far

Verse 4:

Bm (x24432@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                            BmThere's (x24432@1)a farmer in a distant country working on the land
                   D (xx0232@1)                          BmFood (x24432@1)turned into flowers for the uptown florist stand
                       F# (244322@1)                  GWhat (320003@1)you saved another paid to turn his soil into sand
                                BmThe (x24432@1)world will not deliver on demand

Chorus:

C# (x43121@1)                    BmWhat (x24432@1)will become of us, who will give us trust
Em (022000@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)              F# (244322@1)                GWill (320003@1)you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain
                         F#That (244322@1)I felt shame when I looked the other way


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