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Tuning: Standard
AmWhistle blowers gotta get outta F#school
AmThey don't want poets
they want pigeons on a F#stool
You're Amexamining fossils, defending criminals
I'm Bclock watching getting dumb
AmPhotographing models a house painter's solace
                              B(D)
I'm like Sisyphus in the sun
          D       B(D)
And I give up
                   D         B(D)
Raising your kids America
                     D              B(D)
You treat 'em like an obligation
DWelcome to the Boccupation
(Am)
The devil's in the details
(Am)
devil's in the details
(B)                          (B)
He's got your gold watch and chain
(Am)
The devil's in the details
(Am)
devil's in the details
(B)                        (B)
He's got your gold watch and chain
AmWhistle blowers, we know how you F#feel
AmPublic servants, surrender their free F#will
But you can't Ambe in politics and work in the circus
BYou have to choose just one
AmYou hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
BThat's how things get done
    (Am)    (F#)
And goodbye valedictorians
(Am)    (F#)
goodbye punks
(Am)    (F#)
Goodbye valedictorians
(Am)    (F#)      (D)
goodbye punks
          D       B(D)
And I give up
                   D           B(D)
Raising your kids America
                     D               B(D)
You treat 'em like an obligation
DWelcome to the Boccupation
AmThe devil's in the details
AmThe devil's in the details
BHe's got your gold watch and chain
AmThe devil's in the details
AmDevil's in the details
                                    B(Am)
He's got your gold watch and chain

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Welcome To The Occupation

by Cold War Kids

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Tuning: Standard

Am F#

Whistle blowers gotta get outta school

They don't want poets

they want pigeons on a stool

You're examining fossils, defending criminals

I'm clock watching getting dumb

Photographing models a house painter's solace

B D

()

I'm like Sisyphus in the sun

D B D

()

And I give up

D B D

()

Raising your kids America

D B D

()

You treat 'em like an obligation

D B

Welcome to the occupation

()

The devil's in the details

()

devil's in the details

B B

() ()

He's got your gold watch and chain

()

The devil's in the details

()

devil's in the details

B B

() ()

He's got your gold watch and chain

Am F#

Whistle blowers, we know how you feel

Am F#

Public servants, surrender their free will

But you can't be in politics and work in the circus

You have to choose just one

You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer

That's how things get done

Am F#

() ()

And goodbye valedictorians

Am F#

() ()

goodbye punks

Am F#

() ()

Goodbye valedictorians

Am F# D

() () ()

goodbye punks

D B D

()

And I give up

D B D

()

Raising your kids America

D B D

()

You treat 'em like an obligation

D B

Welcome to the occupation

The devil's in the details

He's got your gold watch and chain

The devil's in the details

Devil's in the details

B Am

()

He's got your gold watch and chain

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