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D2
Another suburban family morning.
A
C#m7
D
D2
Grandmother screaming at the wall.
A
C#m7
D
D2
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
A
C#m7
D
D2
We can't hear anything at all.
A
Bm7
B7(11) Bm7
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration,
A
Bm7
B7(11) Bm7
But we know all her suicides are fake.
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Dm6
F/A
Dm6
Daddy only stares into the distance
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Dm6
E
There's only so much more that he can take.
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F7M
G6
F7M
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
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C#m7
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D2
Another industrial ugly morning
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C#m7
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D2
The factory belches filth into the sky.
A
C#m7
D
D2
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today,
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C#m7
D
D2
He doesn't think to wonder why.
A
Bm7
B7(11) Bm7
The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street,
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Bm7
B7(11) Bm7
But all he ever thinks to do is watch.
F/A
Dm6
F/A
Dm6
And every single meeting with his so-called superior
F/A
Dm6
E
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch.
E4
F7M
G6
F7M
Many miles away something crawls to the surface
E E? E
E4
F7M
G6
F7M
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
E E?
A
C#m7
D
D2
Bm7
B7(11)
F/A
Dm6
E4
F7M
G6
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