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B F#
B F#
E B/F#
E B/F# C#
[Verse 1]
B F#
A memo to a higher office
B F#
Open letter to the powers that be
B F#
To a god, a king, a head of state
B F#
A captain of industry
B F#
To the movers and the shakers
B F# C#
Can't everybody see
E B/F#
It ought to be a second nature
E B/F#
I mean the places where we live
E B/F#
Let's talk about this sensibly
E B/F#
We're not insensitive
B F#
I know progress has no patience
B F# C# C# C#
But something's got to give
[Chorus]
A G A
I know you're different, You know I'm the same
G D
We're both too busy to be taking the blame
E F#m
I'd like some changes, but you don't have the time
E A
We can't go on thinking it's a victimless crime
G A G
No one is blameless, But we're all without shame
D E F#m E
We fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
[Verse 2]
B F#
Folks have got to make choices
B F#
And choices got to have voices
E B/F#
Folks are basically decent
E B/F#
Conventional wisdom would say
B F#
Well we read about the exceptions
B F# C#
In the papers every day
E B/F#
It ought to be second nature
E B/F#
At least, that's what I feel
E B/F#
Now I lay me down in Dreamland
E B/F#
I know perfect's not for real
B F#
I thought we might get closer
B F# C#
But I'm ready to make a deal
[Chorus]
A G A
Today is different, and tomorrow the same
G D
It's hard to take the world the way that it came
E F#m
Too many rapids keep us sweeping along
E A
Too many captains keep on steering us wrong
G A G
It's hard to take the heat, it's hard to lay blame
D E F#m A
To fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
[Verse 2 again]
E B/F#
It ought to be second nature
E B/F#
At least, that's what I feel
E B/F#
Now I lay me down in Dreamland
E B/F#
I know perfect's not for real
B F#
I thought we might get closer...
