The Ostrich Chords by Steppenwolf

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_ _ _ _ We'll [A] call you [Em] when you're six years old _ and drag you to the [E] park.
_ _ To drain your [Em] brain for eighteen years.
_ We'll crown the self-security, _ but [A] then you're free. _
_ _ _ _ [D] In forty years you waste to [E] chase the dollar sign.
So you may die in [G] Florida, _ _ _ _ _ [A] yet the pleasant age of [E] sixty-nine. _
_ _ _ _ The [Em] water's getting hard to drink, _ _ we've mangled up the countryside.
_ _ The air will choke you [E] when you breathe.
_ We're all committed to suicide, _ but [A] it's alright. _
_ _ _ _ [D] It's probably supposed to keep pushing [E] till your body rots.
We'll strip the earth of [G] all its green. _ _ _ _ _
[A] And then divide her into [E] parking lots. _
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[E] there's nothing you and I can [A] do.
You and I are all [E] too much right and wrong, it's hard to [A] say.
Forget about it for today, we'll [C] stick our heads into the sand.
Just pretend that all is [B] grand, and hope that everything turns out okay. _
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[E] But there's nothing you and I can [A] do.
You and I are all too [E] much right 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, _ _ [Em] as long as you're free with me. _ _
Don't criticize the fatherland, _ [E] _
or those who shape your [Em] destiny. _
Cause if [A] you do, _ _ _ _ _ [D] you'll lose your job, your mind, and [E] all the friends you knew.
Listen, not all are [G] poison blue. _
_ _ _ _ [A] They'll find a way to [E] silence you. _ _ _ _ _
_ But [A] _ [E] there's nothing you and I can [A] do.
You and I are all too [E] much right 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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