{"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":903294,"song":"When Rhetoric Dies","artist":"BoySetsFire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11608721-when-rhetoric-dies-chords-by-boysetsfire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/903294?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Chords:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n|-0-----0--------0----0-----|\r\n|-1-----0--------1----1-----|\r\n|-2-----2--------0----2-----|\r\n|-2-----2--------2----3-----|  That's it!\r\n|-0-----0--------3----3-----|\r\n|----------------0----0-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you lift your pointer finger before\r\neach chord (and twice during the Fmaj7),\r\nyou can do the little hammer-on thing \r\nyou hear in the recording.\r\n\r\nAlso, I'll show you the little Am lick\r\nfor the chorus down below.\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nWe raise the flags and statues to our mission[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nwe've spoken out in slogans and in campaigns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\ntalked and talked on almost every issue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhere oppression of the masses is the constant theme[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nbut what does this mean to a little town in Iowa?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhere the jobs have gone downstream down south and out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhere their fingers used to work to the bone all day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nprofits rise and fall and starvation is a game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n|-0--0--0--|\r\n|-1--0--0--|\r\n|-2--2--2--|\r\n|-2--2--2--|\r\n|-0--0--0--|\r\n|----------|    C                Fmaj7\r\n          where is the food that used to cover their table?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n     where is the sense of pride at the end of the day?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nto the face of a thriving corporation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhat could a dying family possibly say?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\non the face of every American worker[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nis the constant fear that their job will not remain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nas the C.E.O. is planning his vacation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nto kill or be killed is the nature of the beast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] (ring)                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n    stand in line take a number you sell your soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthen watch it crumble[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\ninto a pile of rubble that used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyour job, your life your family's daily bread[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\ndry and stale malnourished kids[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   the house is sold for a degrading bid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\ndo we continue to talk or do we take a hammer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto their chains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nto their chains\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto their chains![/tab]","plain_text":"Chords:\n\n\n\n\nIf you lift your pointer finger before\neach chord (and twice during the Fmaj7),\nyou can do the little hammer-on thing \nyou hear in the recording.\n\nAlso, I'll show you the little Am lick\nfor the chorus down below.\n\n\nIntro: Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nto their chains","chords":["Am","Asus2","C","Fmaj7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]}}}