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John Craigie Live Opening for Steinbeck related footage: https://youtu.be/Iokdk9WijhQ [intro] (spoken) "This song was written two days after the 2016 Presidential election. My tour started that day and I was trying to find some humor, or silver lining, to remind my audience not to give up hope. If you listen to the song, you'll hear that I never even mention the president's name nor the current state of things, but rather, how as artists, many of us are more inspired when times are tough. Or as I say in the song, "Artists are better when they're bummed.” It continues to get the biggest response of the show." [Intro 2] G G C7 G
N.C.I just got up on stage and this is what I said. [Verse 1] I said Gev, ev, ev, Emev, C7 everything, everything is GfuckedC G C G I'm Dsorry, that's no way to start a show I Dapologized. N.C.I started again I said, mGost, most, most, most things are fuC7cked But please don't give up on me Gnow 'Cause I'm hCere to get you out of this dark Amhole C That's my Emjob after alAml Craigie C make them Emlaugh, make them Amcry oh C That's what it says in your bGio Oh make 'em cDry, that will be Ceasy tonight Way too easy tonGight But make 'em lDaugh? Almost iCmpossible
It's like a funeral out there [Chorus]
Don't let the Amdarkness C break you my friGends C G There are sAmo many of Cus and only one of hiGm C G
[Verse 2]
So GI, I, I, I did my reseCarch I tried to find some silver liniGng
But I didn't have much time and it ain't great So I hope you can appreciate my findings
Here's what I fAmound It's historically proven
That when the presidents a republican We have better music
Artists are better when they're bGummed That's how it goes, that's how it's done When times are gCood, musicians they get Bmlazy
And the bad music slips out and it drives us all crazy For example
In D1995 a new band name Nickleback came oGut C G And in D1995 the democrats were in the white house I'm just Csaying
Same goes for Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, MMMbop
G C G I'm just Csaying CMacarena, Justin Bieber, Gall the results of the dDemocrat leaders GI'm just saDyin' The world may go to Amshit C But we'll have better mDusic
[Chorus]
Don't let the Amdarkness C break you my friGends C G There are sAmo many of Cus and only one of hiGm C G
[Verse 3]
Now I'm Gnot gonna get up here and tell you things gotta get worse before they get better C C7 Oh that's just not Ctrue
Things could just get better, stay better, continue to get better
Oh but that's not what things usually Gdo Just ask AmRosa Parks, Muhatma Ghandi, GNelson Mandela, Martin Luther King
Every now and then there's a bunch of bullshit
You gotta Dfight it And when we Gfight it We always Dwin Oh but the Gpessimist in us want to scream, "Craigie shut up What about the battles that we Amlose?"
I tell ya fool
Them just the battles that we haven't won Gyet C G C
[Chorus]
Don't let the Amdarkness C break you my friGends C G There are sAmo many of Cus and only one of hiGm C G C
[Outro] G C D G