Chords for Shovels & Rope - "Coping Mechanism" (Live at WFUV)

One, two, three, four.
_ _ [C] _ ♪ [G] _ I gotta find a [C] better coping mechanism [G] ♪
♪ I'm falling apart [C] _
_ disintegrating in the schism ♪
[G] ♪ Is it a show or [D] is it realism ♪
♪ [C] _ _ Lost and found and [G] then I was locked [C] up in a [G] prison ♪
♪ [C] I better find a more suitable solution ♪
[G] ♪ Before I reach the [C] most predictable conclusion [G] ♪
♪ To be the victim of [D] _ personal delusion [C]
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♪ Just to find it [G] I've been living [C] _ in [G] illusion ♪
♪ They say there's just no substitute for [C] the real thing _ _ _ ♪
♪ There's no chemical [G] that'll make [C] your whole body [G] sing ♪
♪ You could [D] take a needle, _ [E] shove it in your [D] vein ♪
♪ And call it [G] medication, [C] you'll alleviate no [G] pain ♪
♪ I do [D#] my best [C] to do the future do a minimum [G] ♪
♪ I try not [C] to be a monster of the millennium ♪
[G] ♪ Some may think that's for [D] the hell that we was given ♪
♪ [C] _ _ All this time we hoped [G] we were born a [C] _ little [G] bit in them ♪
♪ They say there's just no substitute [C] for the _ real thing ♪
♪ And a chemical [G] that'll make [C] your whole [G] body sing ♪
♪ Swallowed it [D] till you're bleeding, but you can't got out the state ♪
♪ You leave your [G] mouth wide open [C] while you're drowning [G] in the rain _ _ [Em] ♪
♪ Put your head [G] down, _ watch the spit out [Em] your eyes ♪
♪ Ain't nobody coming to [G] your army parade [Em]
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♪ Drop a knock on your door, [G] _ but you ain't knowing it [A] for you be standing there _ [D] ♪
♪ When it comes on _ [F#] in, _ say there's just no substitute [C] for the real thing ♪ _
♪ And a chemical [G] that'll make your [E] whole body [G] sing ♪
♪ You can [D] test your merit, so it [F#] doesn't rain ♪
♪ But in the end, you're [G] just a particular [C] _ _ [G] refrain ♪
♪ _ Oh, you [C] can't let that real _ thing ♪
♪ And a chemical [G] that'll make [C] your whole body [G] sing ♪
♪ You can [D] test your merit, so it's on pre-strained ♪
♪ In the end, you're just [G] a particular [C] _ _ [G] refrain ♪ _
[C] ♪ Boy, you know you're [G] afraid, [C] you gotta die [G] to be free, you [C] cannot escape _ [G] ♪
♪ And there's no way [C] to carry on and [G] go back, _ [C] do you [G] forget your name?
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