Chords for We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About
Tempo:
138.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
I [G] was [Bm] supposed to have [G] been a Jeju pre [C]-start, a Naval Academy [G] grad.
[C] That was the way that [G] my parents perceived [A] me.
Those were the plans [D] that they had.
[C] But I couldn't fit the part, too [G] dumb or too smart.
[C] Ain't it funny [G] how it all [D] turned out?
I [C] guess we are [G] the people our [D] parents [A] warned [G] us about.
[C] You [G] know I could have worked the rigs when the money was bigger.
[C] I was a grader south of [G] Trinidad.
And [C] when they tried to draft me, [G] I earned a college degree.
[A] By and time, [B] those things were not [D] so bad.
[A] But [C] then I got a guitar [G] band, a job in a bar,
[C] played acid [Bm] rock till I [D] was done.
[C] Tell me where are [G] the flashbacks they [D] all warned us [G] would come?
We are [D] the people they couldn't [G] figure out.
[D] [G] [D] We are the people our parents warned us [G] about.
[D] [G] [C] [D] Hey, [G] hey, Gardner McCabe, [D] take [C] us on the leaky-tiki [G] with you.
[D] Clear [G] skies bound for Shanghai, [D] sailing [Am] past the ancient [G] blue.
[D]
[G] So, so blue.
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
Now [G] I got quarters in my loafer trying to fight inflation
[C] when it only used to take [G] its end.
Sometimes [C] I wish I was back in [G] my crash pad days
[A] before I knew what cash [D] flow meant.
[C] Seems everybody's dragging [G] her heavy in the hell shit.
[C] Don't tell me that I ought to [D] get her off
because [C] I love Paige and [G] Martine isn't playing [D] afternoon [G] golf.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] there [G] isn't any doubt.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] still can't [G] figure out.
We are the [D] people.
[G] [D] Would you love to sing, [G] christen, shout?
Shake it up, baby.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] our parents warned [G] us about.
[C] [D]
Isn't [G] any doubt.
[C]
Hey, [G] hey, hey, [C] [D]
Gardner [G] McCabe.
[C]
[G] Gardner McCabe.
[C] [D] I want to sail [G] away today.
[C] [D]
Isn't [G] any doubt.
[C] [D] They warned [G] us about.
[C]
Hey, [G] hey, hey.
[C] [D] [G] [C] [E]
[N]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
I [G] was [Bm] supposed to have [G] been a Jeju pre [C]-start, a Naval Academy [G] grad.
[C] That was the way that [G] my parents perceived [A] me.
Those were the plans [D] that they had.
[C] But I couldn't fit the part, too [G] dumb or too smart.
[C] Ain't it funny [G] how it all [D] turned out?
I [C] guess we are [G] the people our [D] parents [A] warned [G] us about.
[C] You [G] know I could have worked the rigs when the money was bigger.
[C] I was a grader south of [G] Trinidad.
And [C] when they tried to draft me, [G] I earned a college degree.
[A] By and time, [B] those things were not [D] so bad.
[A] But [C] then I got a guitar [G] band, a job in a bar,
[C] played acid [Bm] rock till I [D] was done.
[C] Tell me where are [G] the flashbacks they [D] all warned us [G] would come?
We are [D] the people they couldn't [G] figure out.
[D] [G] [D] We are the people our parents warned us [G] about.
[D] [G] [C] [D] Hey, [G] hey, Gardner McCabe, [D] take [C] us on the leaky-tiki [G] with you.
[D] Clear [G] skies bound for Shanghai, [D] sailing [Am] past the ancient [G] blue.
[D]
[G] So, so blue.
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
Now [G] I got quarters in my loafer trying to fight inflation
[C] when it only used to take [G] its end.
Sometimes [C] I wish I was back in [G] my crash pad days
[A] before I knew what cash [D] flow meant.
[C] Seems everybody's dragging [G] her heavy in the hell shit.
[C] Don't tell me that I ought to [D] get her off
because [C] I love Paige and [G] Martine isn't playing [D] afternoon [G] golf.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] there [G] isn't any doubt.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] still can't [G] figure out.
We are the [D] people.
[G] [D] Would you love to sing, [G] christen, shout?
Shake it up, baby.
We [D] are the people [G] [D] our parents warned [G] us about.
[C] [D]
Isn't [G] any doubt.
[C]
Hey, [G] hey, hey, [C] [D]
Gardner [G] McCabe.
[C]
[G] Gardner McCabe.
[C] [D] I want to sail [G] away today.
[C] [D]
Isn't [G] any doubt.
[C] [D] They warned [G] us about.
[C]
Hey, [G] hey, hey.
[C] [D] [G] [C] [E]
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [G] was [Bm] supposed to have [G] been a Jeju pre [C]-start, a Naval Academy [G] grad. _
_ [C] That was the way that [G] my parents perceived [A] me.
Those were the plans [D] that they had. _
[C] But I couldn't fit the part, too [G] dumb or too smart.
[C] Ain't it funny [G] how it all [D] turned out?
I [C] guess we are [G] the people our [D] parents _ [A] warned [G] us about.
_ [C] _ _ You [G] know I could have worked the rigs when the money was bigger.
[C] I was a grader south of [G] Trinidad.
_ And [C] when they tried to draft me, [G] I earned a college degree.
[A] By and time, [B] those things were not [D] so bad.
[A] But [C] then I got a guitar [G] band, a job in a bar,
[C] played acid [Bm] rock till I [D] was done.
_ [C] Tell me where are [G] the flashbacks they [D] all _ warned us [G] would come?
_ We are [D] the people _ _ they couldn't [G] figure out.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] We are the people _ _ our parents warned us [G] about.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] Hey, [G] hey, Gardner McCabe, [D] take [C] us on the leaky-tiki [G] with you.
[D] Clear [G] skies bound for Shanghai, [D] sailing [Am] past the ancient [G] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
[G] So, so blue.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Now [G] I got quarters in my loafer trying to fight inflation
[C] when it only used to take [G] its end.
Sometimes [C] I wish I was back in [G] my crash pad days
[A] before I knew what cash [D] flow meant. _
[C] Seems everybody's dragging [G] her heavy in the hell shit.
[C] Don't tell me that I ought to [D] get her off
because [C] I love Paige and [G] Martine isn't playing [D] _ _ afternoon [G] golf.
We [D] are the people [G] _ [D] there _ [G] isn't any doubt. _ _ _
We [D] are the people [G] _ _ [D] still can't [G] figure out. _ _ _
We are the [D] people.
[G] _ [D] Would you love to sing, [G] christen, shout?
Shake it up, baby.
We [D] are the people [G] _ [D] our parents warned [G] us about.
_ _ [C] _ [D] _
Isn't [G] any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ _
Hey, [G] hey, hey, _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Gardner [G] McCabe.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] Gardner McCabe.
_ [C] _ [D] I want to sail [G] away today.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
Isn't [G] any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ [D] They warned [G] us about.
_ [C] _ _ _
Hey, [G] hey, hey.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [G] was [Bm] supposed to have [G] been a Jeju pre [C]-start, a Naval Academy [G] grad. _
_ [C] That was the way that [G] my parents perceived [A] me.
Those were the plans [D] that they had. _
[C] But I couldn't fit the part, too [G] dumb or too smart.
[C] Ain't it funny [G] how it all [D] turned out?
I [C] guess we are [G] the people our [D] parents _ [A] warned [G] us about.
_ [C] _ _ You [G] know I could have worked the rigs when the money was bigger.
[C] I was a grader south of [G] Trinidad.
_ And [C] when they tried to draft me, [G] I earned a college degree.
[A] By and time, [B] those things were not [D] so bad.
[A] But [C] then I got a guitar [G] band, a job in a bar,
[C] played acid [Bm] rock till I [D] was done.
_ [C] Tell me where are [G] the flashbacks they [D] all _ warned us [G] would come?
_ We are [D] the people _ _ they couldn't [G] figure out.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] We are the people _ _ our parents warned us [G] about.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] Hey, [G] hey, Gardner McCabe, [D] take [C] us on the leaky-tiki [G] with you.
[D] Clear [G] skies bound for Shanghai, [D] sailing [Am] past the ancient [G] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
[G] So, so blue.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Now [G] I got quarters in my loafer trying to fight inflation
[C] when it only used to take [G] its end.
Sometimes [C] I wish I was back in [G] my crash pad days
[A] before I knew what cash [D] flow meant. _
[C] Seems everybody's dragging [G] her heavy in the hell shit.
[C] Don't tell me that I ought to [D] get her off
because [C] I love Paige and [G] Martine isn't playing [D] _ _ afternoon [G] golf.
We [D] are the people [G] _ [D] there _ [G] isn't any doubt. _ _ _
We [D] are the people [G] _ _ [D] still can't [G] figure out. _ _ _
We are the [D] people.
[G] _ [D] Would you love to sing, [G] christen, shout?
Shake it up, baby.
We [D] are the people [G] _ [D] our parents warned [G] us about.
_ _ [C] _ [D] _
Isn't [G] any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ _
Hey, [G] hey, hey, _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Gardner [G] McCabe.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] Gardner McCabe.
_ [C] _ [D] I want to sail [G] away today.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
Isn't [G] any doubt.
_ [C] _ _ [D] They warned [G] us about.
_ [C] _ _ _
Hey, [G] hey, hey.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _