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(I'm not good with strumming patterns, sorry)
[VERSE 1]
BbI want the truth, don't want no lFyin'
AbI want some answers and goEbddamn, don't deny it
BbYou call it piracy, Fwe call it freedom
AbThat poor man's name was REbobert Paulsen!
[CHORUS 1]
CmI don't think we can susEbtain this system,
so go oBbut and make democracy iFnto something we want
CmI don't know how we'll eEbxplain to our children, tBbhat we're out of money aFnd we're running Bbout of wiAbsdom
Eb, Bb
[VERSE 2]
How much fire can you play wFith
Ab‘til you're burnt out, just a pEbile of ashes?
BbI've got a feeling, a Csecond wind in me
I'm your songAbwritin' leader, semi-Ebrevolutionary!
[CHORUS 2]
And one dCmay we just might bEbeat the system,
but unBbtil that day we'll use Fpunk rock as the sCmolution!
and one day we'll all sing in uEbnison,
Bb"We're not Frevolutionaries, Cmbut we're
wo-oEbah the reBbvolutioFn, wCme're the revolution!Eb  Bb  F  
And Cmone day we just might Ebbeat the system,
Bbbut until that day we'll use Fpunk rock as the sColution!
And one Cmday we'll all sing in uEbnison,
"We're not reBbvolutionaries, but weF're the revolutionBb"

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Semi-Revolutionary

by Just Nick

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(I'm not good with strumming patterns, sorry)

[VERSE 1]

Bb F

I want the truth, don't want no lyin'

Ab Eb

I want some answers and goddamn, don't deny it

Bb F

You call it piracy, we call it freedom

Ab Eb

That poor man's name was Robert Paulsen!

[CHORUS 1]

Cm Eb

I don't think we can sustain this system,

Bb F

so go out and make democracy into something we want

Cm Eb Bb F Bb Ab

I don't know how we'll explain to our children, that we're out of money and we're running out of wisdom

Eb, Bb

[VERSE 2]

How much fire can you play with

Ab Eb

‘til you're burnt out, just a pile of ashes?

Bb C

I've got a feeling, a second wind in me

Ab Eb

I'm your songwritin' leader, semi-revolutionary!

[CHORUS 2]

Cm Eb

And one day we just might beat the system,

Bb F Cm

but until that day we'll use punk rock as the solution!

and one day we'll all sing in unison,

Bb F Cm

"We're not revolutionaries, but we're

Eb Bb F Cm Eb Bb F

wo-oah the revolution, we're the revolution!

Cm Eb

And one day we just might beat the system,

Bb F C

but until that day we'll use punk rock as the solution!

Cm Eb

And one day we'll all sing in unison,

Bb F Bb

"We're not revolutionaries, but we're the revolution"

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