{"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":631275,"song":"True Revolutionary","artist":"Dan Bern","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575010-true-revolutionary-chords-by-dan-bern/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/631275?type=chord","rating":0.00744,"votes":0,"content":"True Revolutionary\r\nDan Bern\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  :x32010\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  :320003\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  :x00323\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] :022000\r\n[ch]G7[/ch] :320001\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]:332010\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch], [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLook, Ma,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna fry Tim McVeigh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said that nice guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWho was on the cover of all of those magazines?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           \r\nWhy would they want to do a thing like that?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said well, he killed all those people in Oklahoma City[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said nonsense, people don't kill people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCar bombs kill people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I said well, yeah, Ma But they gotta do something with him[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said why don't they get Mike Tyson [/tab]\r\n[tab]  \t\t      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo bite off both his ears?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd I say true revolutionaries [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNever bomb buildings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nTrue revolutionaries [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\t    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever bomb buildings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\t      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt attracts too much attention [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey never bomb buildings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA little girl down my block\r\nWas born with silicone in her breasts\r\nTurned out her grandmother and her mother\r\nHad both had the implants done \r\nAnd, well, evolution took care of it this time around\r\nAnd I wondered what it is about \r\nSo many women with big breasts \r\nMake them look so sad\r\nAnd I thought, well, maybe it has to do with the weight, \r\nThe burden they're asked to carry in the world\r\nTo feed it, to be the object of its desires\r\nAnd I wondered what burdens the rest of us are carrying all the time\r\nAnd I couldn't help thinking\r\n\r\nTrue revolutionaries \r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nTrue revolutionareis \r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nIt attracts too much attention\r\nThey never bomb buildings\r\n\r\nAnd I decided to go out for a walk\r\nAnd do nothing except\r\nLook everybody I see in the eyes \r\nAnd not be the first to avert my eyes\r\nNo matter what\r\nAnd I was planning to be gone for ten minutes\r\nBut things started happening \r\nAnd I didn't return for two years\r\nBy which time I was the heavyweight champion of the world\r\nAnd the expectant father of sixteen children\r\nBy thirteen different women\r\n\r\nI was in a fishing village in coastal Spain\r\nIt was Our Lady of Abortion Sunday afternoon\r\nAll the pregnant ladies in their first trimester\r\nFiled before the priest to receive the blessing of\r\n\"Try again sometime, try again\"\r\n\r\nThe old barber had dyed his hair green for the occasion\r\nAnd pierced his nipples \r\nAnd was riding his skateboard to the statue of Conan O'Brien\r\nWhere he was doing backflips for the little kids\r\nWho threw coins given to them by their parents\r\n\r\nA visiting lecturer \r\nAchingly handsome\r\nHad just finished giving a \r\n\"How to build bombs in your basement\" seminar in the park\r\nAll the young girls put their notebooks away dreamily\r\nAnd put dandelions in their hair\r\n\r\nThe chimpanzee who had managed to type out Hamlet three years before\r\nWas sitting in the third floor office of the driver's license building\r\nTyping out zoning ordinances\r\nTyping out learner's permits\r\nBored and lonely\r\n\r\nPee Wee Herman was sitting in the central square in the grass\r\nNaked and masturbating\r\nWhile all the townspeople moved to him slowly\r\nAnd kissed him softly \r\nAnd sung lullabies in the grass\r\n\r\nAnd in Berkeley \r\nAnd in Greenwich Village \r\nAnd in Paris\r\nAnd in Scottsbluff, Nebraska\r\nNo one sits around funky little coffee shops anymore\r\nTalking revolution\r\nThey get a Starbucks to go\r\nThey go back to their basketball games\r\nWhere they see who can jump higher\r\nWho can jam\r\nWho can take it to the rack\r\nAnd they all wear baseball caps\r\n'Cept they don't say Yankees or Dodgers or Cardinals anymore\r\nThey say Nike; Reebok; Adidas\r\nBecause the pro players don't play for teams anymore\r\nThey play for shoe companies\r\nAnd the kids aren't fooled\r\nThey're just biding their time\r\nWaiting for the millennium \r\nWhen all the computers will crash\r\nBecause the best scientists in the world\r\nForgot to make them read zero\r\n\r\nTrue revolutionaries \r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nTrue revolutionaries \r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nIt attracts too much attention\r\nThey never bomb buildings\r\n\r\nAnd I was sitting there with a headful of dark thoughts\r\nLike I sometimes get\r\nAnd suddenly everything cleared\r\nAnd I realized that the only purpose to revolution\r\nIs to be able to love who you want\r\nHow you want \r\nWhen you want \r\nWhere you want\r\nSo I took off all my clothes\r\nStole a boat\r\nRowed out to the middle of a lake\r\nAnd I jumped in \r\nAnd I looked back at you and said\r\nCome on! Get wet!\r\n\r\nTrue revolutionaries\r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nTrue revolutionaries\r\nNever bomb buildings\r\nIt attracts too much attention\r\nThey never bomb buildings\r\nThey never bomb buildings\r\nThey never bomb buildings","plain_text":"True Revolutionary\nDan Bern\n\nChords:\nC  :x32010\nG  :320003\nD  :x00323\nEm :022000\nG7 :320001\nC/G:332010\n\nIntro:\nG C G, G C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA little girl down my block\nWas born with silicone in her breasts\nTurned out her grandmother and her mother\nHad both had the implants done \nAnd, well, evolution took care of it this time around\nAnd I wondered what it is about \nSo many women with big breasts \nMake them look so sad\nAnd I thought, well, maybe it has to do with the weight, \nThe burden they're asked to carry in the world\nTo feed it, to be the object of its desires\nAnd I wondered what burdens the rest of us are carrying all the time\nAnd I couldn't help thinking\n\nTrue revolutionaries \nNever bomb buildings\nTrue revolutionareis \nNever bomb buildings\nIt attracts too much attention\nThey never bomb buildings\n\nAnd I decided to go out for a walk\nAnd do nothing except\nLook everybody I see in the eyes \nAnd not be the first to avert my eyes\nNo matter what\nAnd I was planning to be gone for ten minutes\nBut things started happening \nAnd I didn't return for two years\nBy which time I was the heavyweight champion of the world\nAnd the expectant father of sixteen children\nBy thirteen different women\n\nI was in a fishing village in coastal Spain\nIt was Our Lady of Abortion Sunday afternoon\nAll the pregnant ladies in their first trimester\nFiled before the priest to receive the blessing of\n\"Try again sometime, try again\"\n\nThe old barber had dyed his hair green for the occasion\nAnd pierced his nipples \nAnd was riding his skateboard to the statue of Conan O'Brien\nWhere he was doing backflips for the little kids\nWho threw coins given to them by their parents\n\nA visiting lecturer \nAchingly handsome\nHad just finished giving a \n\"How to build bombs in your basement\" seminar in the park\nAll the young girls put their notebooks away dreamily\nAnd put dandelions in their hair\n\nThe chimpanzee who had managed to type out Hamlet three years before\nWas sitting in the third floor office of the driver's license building\nTyping out zoning ordinances\nTyping out learner's permits\nBored and lonely\n\nPee Wee Herman was sitting in the central square in the grass\nNaked and masturbating\nWhile all the townspeople moved to him slowly\nAnd kissed him softly \nAnd sung lullabies in the grass\n\nAnd in Berkeley \nAnd in Greenwich Village \nAnd in Paris\nAnd in Scottsbluff, Nebraska\nNo one sits around funky little coffee shops anymore\nTalking revolution\nThey get a Starbucks to go\nThey go back to their basketball games\nWhere they see who can jump higher\nWho can jam\nWho can take it to the rack\nAnd they all wear baseball caps\n'Cept they don't say Yankees or Dodgers or Cardinals anymore\nThey say Nike; Reebok; Adidas\nBecause the pro players don't play for teams anymore\nThey play for shoe companies\nAnd the kids aren't fooled\nThey're just biding their time\nWaiting for the millennium \nWhen all the computers will crash\nBecause the best scientists in the world\nForgot to make them read zero\n\nTrue revolutionaries \nNever bomb buildings\nTrue revolutionaries \nNever bomb buildings\nIt attracts too much attention\nThey never bomb buildings\n\nAnd I was sitting there with a headful of dark thoughts\nLike I sometimes get\nAnd suddenly everything cleared\nAnd I realized that the only purpose to revolution\nIs to be able to love who you want\nHow you want \nWhen you want \nWhere you want\nSo I took off all my clothes\nStole a boat\nRowed out to the middle of a lake\nAnd I jumped in \nAnd I looked back at you and said\nCome on! Get wet!\n\nTrue revolutionaries\nNever bomb buildings\nTrue revolutionaries\nNever bomb buildings\nIt attracts too much attention\nThey never bomb buildings\nThey never bomb buildings\nThey never bomb buildings","chords":["C","G","D","Em","G7","C/G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}