The Great Compromise

Words and Music by Raccoon

As recorded on White Horse Ranch Sessions

 

The chord progressions to this song are: 

·        G, D, C, G, C, G, F, E

·        F, E

 

G                          D

Talk to me Sunday preacher man

            C                              G

Tell me give my money to the government

C                 G

As long as I pay their rent

F                     E

I’m an all right guy

F                                E

They forgot to tell me why

 

        G                  D

So I called up the TV station

      C                     G

To tell him he was wrong

C                     G

All I got was a two-bit story

          F                                E

And a three point forty-eight song

F                           E

It lasted much too long

 

                 G                                       D

Well I was walkin' down the street the other day

   C                          G

I came across some kids at play

C                                     G

Asked them if they’d live another day

                       F                   E

And they said, “No - Let’s get high

F                                                     E

You know I think that we’re all gonna die”

 

                   G                    D

Well I said, “No thanks but please man

C                              G

I’ve already had that disease

C                  G

I’ve seen my years go by

F                              E

Like the clouds in the sky

F                                   E

You can see them passin' by”

 

G                        D              C               G

So I don’t wanna hear about your great compromise

C                        G                   F                     E

When you finally find the truth you’re gonna be surprised

F                                     E

Oh, you’re gonna be so surprised

F                                     E

Oh, you’re gonna be so surprised

 

G                    D                             C                             G

You can tie my body down with your high-grade chains of steel

C                  G                   F                                     E

But my spirit still runs free - At least that’s the way I feel

F                       E

That’s the way I feel

F                       E

That’s the way I feel

 

G                D            C               G

What do we do about our self evolution?

C                 G     F                                         E

Fight off pollution and beat the dust from our souls

F                                            E

I gotta beat the dust from my soul

F                                             E

We gotta beat the dust off our souls