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Key: C  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 C-   x32010
 G-   320033
 Am-  x02210
 F-   133211
 G/B- x2x003
 G7-  320001
Verse 1:
Marching on my Cface
Dancing on the Amgrave
that I ain't even Fin
                  G(hold)
And pissing on my shoes
And fucking my marmalades
again And I'm choking on
the Cfumes of a promising
  Amyouth That crumbled into
sFloppy dusty doom once I
sGpread my wings and flew
Chorus 1:
But if it sFmells like shit
And it Glooks like shit
Then my Cfriend you can
G/Bbet that we’d get Amrich
off Git And you can Fdream
it You can Gwrap it up and
give it to the Cgirl
you've been G/Bloving
Or just Amthinking about
Gfucking it up And Fbaby
        G  G(hold)
whoa whoa it's a crazy
fucking CworldC  
Verse 2:
So the Chealthy white
baby to the trench coat
moms Said the Amhealthy
white baby what else
do you got? Said the
Fnegro boy with his
heart outside And
that Gfilthy cock
sucker that passed
out getting high
I Cdrive all night
and you'll never
pull me over
Even Amthough I'm
always high
You won’t like me
when I'm sober
Cause I just Fcheck
my phone and sigh
Over and over and
Gover and over and
over and over
Gover and over and
over and over
Gover and over and
over and over
Gover and over and
over and over
Gover and over
and over
Bridge:
And I Cwanna pound bricks
on a Gnight Flike this
When I’m a Chundred
miles or so from Gwhere
I should have Fbeen
I got Cnothing but time
to kill so Gbaby jump Fin
Let's go see the Cpeople
baby that Gwe could have
Fbeen These are the Cpeople
baby Gthat we could
have Fbeen These are the
Am(hold) G(hold)
people    that we maybe
            F(hold) G7(hold)
should have been
Chorus 2:
If it sFmells like shit
And it Glooks like shit
Then there’s a Cguy that’s
gonna G/Btry to put his Amdick
in Git You can sFcream it
You can Gwrap it up and
sell it to the Cgirl
you've been G/Bloving
Or just Amdreaming
about you’re Gfucking
And Fbaby whoGa
And Fbaby whoGa
And Fbaby whoGa
It's a crazy
fucking AmworldC  F  G  
Chorus 3: Slower beat
If you can sFceam it
You can G7wrap it up
and sell it to the
Cgirl you’ve been
G/Bloving Or just
Amlying about
you’re Gfucking Fbaby
oh Git’s a crazy
        C(hold)
fucking world

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The Profiteers

by The Lawrence Arms

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

- x32010

- 320033

- x02210

- 133211

G/B

- x2x003

- 320001

Verse 1:

Marching on my face

Dancing on the grave

that I ain't even in

(hold)

And pissing on my shoes

And fucking my marmalades

again And I'm choking on

the fumes of a promising

youth That crumbled into

sloppy dusty doom once I

spread my wings and flew

Chorus 1:

But if it smells like shit

And it looks like shit

Then my friend you can

G/B Am

bet that we’d get rich

G F

off it And you can dream

it You can wrap it up and

give it to the girl

G/B

you've been loving

Or just thinking about

G F

fucking it up And baby

G G

(hold)

whoa whoa it's a crazy

C C

fucking world

Verse 2:

So the healthy white

baby to the trench coat

moms Said the healthy

white baby what else

do you got? Said the

negro boy with his

heart outside And

that filthy cock

sucker that passed

out getting high

I drive all night

and you'll never

pull me over

Even though I'm

always high

You won’t like me

when I'm sober

Cause I just check

my phone and sigh

Over and over and

over and over and

over and over

over and over and

over and over

over and over and

over and over

over and over and

over and over

and over

Bridge:

And I wanna pound bricks

G F

on a night like this

When I’m a hundred

miles or so from where

I should have been

I got nothing but time

G F

to kill so baby jump in

Let's go see the people

baby that we could have

F C

been These are the people

baby that we could

have been These are the

Am G

(hold) (hold)

people that we maybe

F G7

(hold) (hold)

should have been

Chorus 2:

If it smells like shit

And it looks like shit

Then there’s a guy that’s

G/B Am

gonna try to put his dick

G F

in it You can scream it

You can wrap it up and

sell it to the girl

G/B

you've been loving

Or just dreaming

about you’re fucking

F G

And baby whoa

F G

And baby whoa

F G

And baby whoa

It's a crazy

Am C F G

fucking world

Chorus 3: Slower beat

If you can sceam it

You can wrap it up

and sell it to the

girl you’ve been

G/B

loving Or just

lying about

G F

you’re fucking baby

oh it’s a crazy

(hold)

fucking world

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