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Tuning: E A D G B E
Probably the simplest way to play this song. I only put this up because it looks like no one has put up the
chords for the middle 8 and because everyone puts the last chord of the verse as an A when I'm pretty sure
it's B then B7 (sounds better to my ear anyway)
[Verse 1]
AI wanna be better than oxygen
ASo you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the kC#mnees
C#mI wanna speak louder than Ritalin
C#mFor all the children who think that they've got a disEease
EI wanna be cooler than TV
EFor all the kids that are wondering what they're going to Abe
AWe can be stronger than bombs
AIf you're singing along and you know that you really belC#mieve
C#mWe can be richer than industry
C#mAs long as we know that there's things that we don't really neeEd
EWe can speak louder than ignorance
ECause we speak in silence every time our eyes meBet B7
[Chorus]
EOn and on and C#mon it goes
The woArld it just keeps spiAmnning
EUntil I'm dizzy,C#m time to breathe
So clAose my eyes and startAm again anew E
[Verse 2]
AI wanna see through all the lies of society
ATo the reality, happiness is at stC#make
C#mI wanna hold up my head with dignity
C#mProud of a life where to give means more than to Etake
EI wanna live beyond the modern mentality
EWhere paper is all that you're really taught to crAeate
ADo you remember the forgotten America?
AJustice, equality, freedom to every rC#mace?
C#mJust need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
C#mMakeup and hair to the truth behind every fEace
EThen look around to all the people you see
EHow many of them are happy and frAee?
AI know it sounds like a dream
ABut it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at C#mnight
C#mI know it's hard to believe
C#mBut it's easy to see that something here isn't riEght
EI know the future looks dark
EBut it's there that the kids of today must carry the lBight B7
[Chorus]
EOn and on and C#mon it goes
The woArld it just keeps spiAmnning
EUntil I'm dizzy,C#m time to breathe
So clAose my eyes and startAm again anew E
[middle 8]
EIf I'm afraid to catch a drF#meam A
AI'll weave your baskets and
I'll fEloat them down the river strF#meam A
C#mEach one I weave with words I speAak
ATo carry love to your reliEef
[Verse 3]
AI wanna be better than oxygen
ASo you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the kC#mnees
C#mI wanna speak louder than Ritalin
C#mFor all the children who think that they've got a disEease
EI wanna be cooler than TV
EFor all the kids that are wondering what they're going to Abe
AWe can be stronger than bombs
AIf you're singing along and you know that you really belC#mieve
C#mWe can be richer than industry
C#mAs long as we know that there's things that we don't really neeEd
EWe can speak louder than ignorance
ECause we speak in silence every time our eyes meBet B7
[Chorus]
EOn and on and C#mon it goes
The woArld it just keeps spiAmnning
EUntil I'm dizzy,C#m time to breathe
So clAose my eyes and startAm again anew E