{"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":2880767,"song":"Church And State","artist":"The Verlaines","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11649233-church-and-state-chords-by-the-verlaines/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2880767?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"The Verlaines - Church and State\r\n\r\nAuthor note:\r\nTune half step down and play open chords as shown or; \r\nUse standard tuning, transpose -1 and play barre chords (Abm).\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n  Hey dogs obey in office[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere is dirty business humming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n  Another empty promise[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nA co-a-li-tion's cabal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  And it's two more would be saviours[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGiving sermons on the mount[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And a few more in the parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  The no-one talks about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Of the two the world is asking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere the one's the others twin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Cus it's shades of gray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand no light up day for the plight[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsome folks are in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n  Its the banking system rotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey are racing to   the bottom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Cause now they were disaster[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's greed they foist upon us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey say  a small fortune comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfrom a larger fortune spent[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd no-one knows after all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ebm[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere all that money went[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo the outside there's no door to be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo paper nail or pin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike days of old, the prose indulge and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe wheel goes 'round the queue.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Divide and conquer, we lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDrive a wedge be-tween us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n  Hey dogs obey in office[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTaking another few freedoms off of us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank God they gave us Jesus[/tab]","plain_text":"The Verlaines - Church and State\n\nAuthor note:\nTune half step down and play open chords as shown or; \nUse standard tuning, transpose -1 and play barre chords (Abm).\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Abm","Am","Dm","C#m","C","Bm","A","Em","Ebm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}