The Ostrich Chords by Steppenwolf

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_ _ _ _ _ [A] We'll call [Em] you when you're six years old _ _ and drag you _ _ [E] _ _ to drain [Em] your brain for 18 years.
_ _ We'll crown the sub security _ but [A] then you're free _ _ _ _ _ [D] and 40 years you waste to [E] chase the dollar
_ _ So you may [Em] die in [G] Florida _ at _ _ _ [A] the pleasant age of [E] 69 _
The _ _ _ _ water's [Em] getting hard to drink with _ man gone a-pushin' aside
_ _ The air will [E] choke you when you breathe, _ _ we're all committing _ suicide
_ [A] But it's alright, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] it's proud to suppose, keep [G] pushing till [E] your body rots
_ We'll strip the earth of [G] all the cream _ and _ _ [A] then divide her into the [E] popular us
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ But [A] there's [E] nothing you and I can [A] do, you and I are all too [E] afraid and wrong
It's hard to [A] say, forget about it for today, [C] we'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is [B] grand and hope that everything turns out okay
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[A] there's [E] nothing you and I can [A] do, you and I are all too [E] afraid and wrong
It's hard to [A] say, forget about it for today, [C] we'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is [B] grand and hope that everything turns out okay
_ [E] You're free to speak your mind my friend, as _ [Em] long as you do with me
Don't _ criticize the fatherland _
[E] _ or those who shape your destiny
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Cause if [A] you do, _ _ _ _ _ [D] you'll lose your job, your mind and [Em] all the [E] friends you knew
We'll send out all our [G] bulletin blue, _ _ _ _ _ [A] they'll find a way to silence [E] you _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] But [E] there's nothing you and I can [A] do, you and I are all [E] too afraid and wrong
It's hard to [A] say, forget about it for [C] today, we'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is [B] grand and hope that everything turns out okay
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