Okkervil River - The industry

I ^Cthought that it ^Emwas ^Amus against the world But now it's ^Fme against something so big and abstract That I can't tell what it ^Gis All ^Cwhile you're ^Emout there, ^Amgrinding on some poor girl Who is ^Fbackstage at the 6.8 rock f^Gest ^EmI thought that you'd be on our ^Amside I tuned it ^Emout when I heard you shit-talking our ^Dmfriends ^G Well, our^Em world's in free fall and we're ^Amterrified And every^Fone's just out to grab what they can g^Get

I ^Cthought I ^Emhad a ^Ambunch of friends, I guess I ^Fjust had people pissed at me for ^Gshit And the ^Ccheaper ^Emthat the ^Ammusic starts to get It's like ^Fthey're trying to make us cheep along with ^Git

I watched you ^Emturn into your very o^Ampposite Into ^Emeverything we were trying to ^Dmreject ^G And I ^Emfigured you had had enough of ^Amit Watching the ^Fwhole world turn while all you earned was ^Grespect

And ^Clook at ^Emus; just ^Amtwo dumb country hicks as we're ^Ftrying to bum-rush that VI^GP Up ^Cthere, out ^Emwhere the ^Ambeautiful people live But is that ^Fever who we even wanted to ^Gbe?

Do you ^Emremember, baby, back in '^Am96? When some ^Emrecord was enough to make you raise your ^Dmfist? ^G When some ^Emsinger would make you sure that you ^Amexist? Well, I ^Fnever thought I'd feel like that ^Gagain

Just let g^Co I had to let it ^Amgo I gotta gotta ^Flet it go Gotta let it ^Ggo