Penitentiary Philosophy Chords by Erykah Badu

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D#m] _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ [C#] _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] [C#] I have to rest, I _ [B] have to [C#m] rest_
I _ [F#] _ [C#] _
have to rest_
[F#] I have to rest_
I [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] [C#m] want to [F#] stop_ stop [C#] it_
I want to _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _
[C#m] _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] stop_
You [B] just [C#m] may be [F#] real
[C#m] You won't win [F#] Oh, why?
_ [A] Why, why?
[E] Why won't you be so magic?
[C#m] So magic Oh, [F#] why?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] I'll [E] sing my magic [C#m] So magic
[F#] Telling [C#m] you the truth
I _ hope [F#] I'm not being too [C#] cruel
_ [F#] Since [C#m] you ain't playing by the rules
[B] I [C#] might [B] not get you up [C#] soon
_ [F#] _ [C#] Telling you the [B] truth
[A#] So be _ [B] afraid
Don't you [C#m] test
These lies you're in
And [F#m] I won't [Bm] win [F#] _ Why, [A] why? _
[E] Why won't you be so magic?
_ [C#m] So magic
[G#m] Why can't [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G#m] _ [E] _ _ [C#m] you be so magic? _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [Bm] I am a [E] war princess
[Bm] I have conquered the other side
So _ _ [C#m] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ [C#m] _ [B] lay low, lay low
[C] Lay [D] _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] [B] low _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ We get [C#] along and I take all the [F#] funky [C#] tones and I make up a [F#] funky [C#m] song that I'll be playing
[C#] on and on.
Make [C#m] me mad when I see you [C#m] sad, but I swing up your mind.
I [C#] hate what you're game when [F#] you're wearing this [C#m] wig.
But you're absolutely [G#m] [C#m] gorgeous.
[F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] So am I.
[B] Why [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ can't I?
Why can't [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] I?
So am _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I. _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So am I.
[B] We get along [F#] _ _ [E] and I take _ all the funky tones and I make up a funky song that I'll be playing
[G#m] _ _ _