{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1997079,"song":"86 How I Failed Ethics","artist":"The Magnetic Fields","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11446586-86-how-i-failed-ethics-chords-by-the-magnetic-fields/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1997079?type=chord","rating":4.77991,"votes":3,"content":"\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough majoring in Visual and Environmental Studies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd minoring in History of Sci[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had to retake Ethics from my Mennonite professor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor whom my skepticism didn't fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first time I made mincemeat of the standard propositions[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEstablishing a so-called moral science[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I declared morality an offshoot of aesthetics[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd got a failing C for my defiance[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo next semester I back to Divinity School trotted[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nProverbial tail not between my legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd spent the whole course positing my own ethical system[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile other college students emptied kegs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInformation ethics, cyberethics — both since taken —[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid: Maximize the information flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToward a hypothetical end state in which the cosmos[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConsists entirely of our info[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd at the highest level possible, not only data[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut data about data dot dot dot[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr life on top of life on top of life, et cetera[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nProfundity, my mother'd say — I'd not[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n  \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy Mennonite professor did concede I'd done the coursework[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlthough my system left him quite dismayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDepending, as it did, on neither history nor Jahweh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd gave me, finally, a passing grade[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm Am D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm Am D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm Am D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm Am D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nEm    Bm    C\nEm    Bm    Am    C\nBm          D \n\n  \n[Verse]","chords":["Em","Am","D","G","C","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}