Tom: G
C Em G D
[Verse]
C
You thought you could free the slaves
Em G D
By filling out the proper paperwork
C Em
Till you turned out all your pockets
G D
And realized they never were
C Em
You pulled your kids out of the public school
G D
And resigned to your reverence
C Em
And you set a torch to the old duck pond
G D
Where your heartache took up residence
[Pre-Chorus]
C Em
You were all dressed up
G D
But you didn't know what
C Em G D
All the commotion inside you was for
[Chorus]
Em D G C
What did we expect after all that shame
Em D G C
Some familiar stretch of crippling faith
Em D G C
What did we expect after all that fear
Em D G C D
Some inheritance to make the past run clear
Em (Am G) C
Whoa
G
[Verse]
C
Thought we could concentrate
Em G D
Just hard enough to let those feelings in
C Em
We were both stuck in the turning lane
G D
But that's where we've always been
C Em
I guess we took our love in one big dose
G D
And retired to the peasantry
C Em
Saying: paradise exists
G D
But it is locked away inside our memories
[Pre-Chorus]
C Em
You couldn't sit still
G D
Not while you knew well
C Em G D
That all the commotion was held in your name
[Chorus]
Em D G C
What did we expect after all that shame
Em D G C
Some familiar stretch of crippling faith
Em D G C
What did we expect after all that fear
Em D G C D (hold)
Some inheritance to make the past run clear
[Outro]
E G C x2
End on G
