Chickenshit Conformist Chords by Dead Kennedys

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[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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Hearts [F] not dead, it just deserves [G] to die
When it becomes [F] another stale cartoon
[G] A closed [F]-minded, self-centered [G] social slur
Ideas don't matter, [F] it's who you know
_ [G] [F#] If [F] the music's [D] gotten [F#] boring, [G] it's because [A#] of the [G] [F] people
Who want everyone [C#] to [F] sound [G] the same
Who drive the bright [F] people out of our so [G]-called scene
[A#] Till all that's left is just [C] a meaningless [G] _ band
_ _ _ _ [E] I'm the villain, [A] the dark [D] kid
[E] Take you care of not what [A] you are
[D] _ [E] Is this the state of [A] the [D] right?
[E] Or just my modern [A] labor?
[D] [E] The giant purple little [A] primitive
[D]
[E] Has become a dog [A] cliche
[D] [E] A hopeless man of [A] lifestyle
[D]
[E] Imagine sitting in the back of a [Am] truck
[E] Putting the [A] things that the [D] lawyer [E] can't repeal
The charities [A] provide the [D] prostitutes [E] appeal
Who play my [A] son?
I don't know [D] why I [E] forgot
But I did not [A] forsake, cause I'm [D] not a [E] thot
So he can't [A] sleep, [D] imagine me
[E] So he can't [A] sleep, imagine [D] me
[E] Like I said all this time, [A] I'll get [D] outta here
Bullshit can't [G] pull this like you [E] can
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_ _ _ [G] _ What's ripped [F] us apart even more than [G] drugs
Are the thieves and [F] the goddamn liars
[G] _ _ Ripping people [F] off when they share their [G] stuff
When someone falls [F] on their any friends
[G] _ _ _
Harder core [F] than thou for a year [G] or two
Then it's time to [F] get a real job
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Other stay [F] home, it's no fun to go [G] out
When the gigs are [F] wrecked like gangsta's [G] thugs
[F] When the narcs swarm [F] fast, [G] look who gets [A#] record [G] deals
[F] From New York metal labels, [D] look [F#] at two [G] scams
Who sign the most [F] racist, queer, clashing bands
[G] They confine to [A#] make a fuck, living [C] in the _
[G] 4WD
_ _ [E] What's all [A] that [D] for?
[E] Only a traffic jam [A] approval
[D] _ [E] Puberty and [A] small [D] kids
[E] When it's time to show us [A] our truth
[D] _ [E] Where's the common [A] [D] cause?
[E] Too many practices, they wish [A] us a merry [D] go
[E] I see you in the front [A] every single [D] week, what happens?
[E] Anything, the kind of [A] attitude that makes us think, oh [E] wait
You can't prove [A] clapping is one [D] word [E] because
We're surrounded by [A] ladies who like to [D] perform on [E] stage
So we [A] gotta _ [D] _
[E] sleep, [A] till midnight [D] at three
[E] Like the name of a stage, [A] again [D] and again
You can't [G] perform on stage, you can't perform [C] on stage
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[C] _ [D] _ [A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ You got [G] 40-year [F]-old rock and roll attitude
[G] It's competition, [F] man, we wanna break big
[G] _ _ Who [F] needs raps when the money's [G] good?
That's right, the [F] 70s are back
[G] _ _ [F#] _ [F]
Rock, [Dm] rock, [F#] metal, rock, [G] rock, [A#] badnecks [G] until
[F] It just don't [F] move [F#] me, you [G] know
The music's [F] slow, hey, we're not more righteous [G] than [A#] solos
Do we really need [C] reality?
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_ _ _ _ [E] Getting past this [A] recruitment, [D] _
[E] past this [A] appointment
[D] [E] Tell the truth and set the [A] plate, [D] _
[E] I use a [A] finger
[D] [E] Not for the sake of time [A] to work for that [D] call of duty
[E] Maybe for when we die [A] more, I'll pull [D] back on my feet
[E] Pull up that old head, [A] finally
Learn [D] something to [E] swear upon, so I'll raise [A] my head to [D] take it
[E] No, I've never heard about such a [A] thing called [D] futile offense
[E] But so it don't mean we have [A] to just kick it [D] off the path
[E] So we [A] gotta sleep, till midnight [D] at three
[E] So we gotta sleep, [A] till midnight [D] at three
But [E] the signal's a thing, [D] I'm getting out of here
Spending a statement [G] for this life, you're _
[E] fearless
_ The [C] _ [A] _ [D] _
[A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ [C] [A] more things change, [D] the more they take [C] the same
We [A] can't go on, we won't criticize, we'll fail
[C] The [A] 60s were no [D] failure, the [A] 70s [C] stopped
As the [A] clock ticks, we [D] did the same
[A] Oh, [Am] music's seen days realized, we'll get rid of the fog
Pour a lemonade, break [D] the frame, [A] down the [C] bank
They tried to free us, they took the time
And the worst of things, they said [A] about our [D] TV set
[Am] So why don't we know we've got to sleep, till midnight at three
So we gotta [A] sleep, [D] till midnight [A] at three
But [C] the signal's [A] a thing, I'm getting out of here
_ [F] Taking a second for us, like it matters
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