Common Sense Civilian
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Main riff] - once on its own
e|------------------------3-3----3--2-------------------------------------
B|------------------------3-3----3--3-------------------------------------
G|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2------------2h4/------------------------------------------------------
A|-0--------2h4-----------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Main riff with band]
A x4
[Verse 1]
A
I’ve been pissing in the wind
A7
quarreling upstream without a paddle
A
I can hear the hustle and bustling of the
A7
city streets... they’re moving like cattle
A
Good god the winters grueling
A7
but it sure beats melting with a icy pole in the gutter
A
Is there anybody listening, have the
D C C
naysayers taken over the station
[Chorus, main riff]
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A
Common, common, common sense yeah-ah
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A7
Common, common, common sense civilian
[Verse 2]
A
Go and start the martian worshipping
A7
encouraging earthlings to think outside the bubble
A
Making efforts to keep shepherding.
A7
Superstition, fact from the fiction, born without a muzzle
A
Dazzling with curiosity.
A7
Vicious with your comments when your plummet in a scuffle
A
Never took the time to look for the lollipop lady,
D C C
Always waiting with patience
[Chorus, main riff]
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A
Common, common, common sense yeah-ah
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A7
Common, common, common sense civilian
[Verse]
A
Keep em coming, communing on the ranch.
A7
Do the dancing Dennis Wilson, Charlie Manson shuffle
A
Maybe you got too much time on your hands?
A7
Smoking crack the hypochondriac ain’t very subtle
A
Digging deep into conspiracies.
A7
The moon landing, 911, JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald
A
Now you're stripped of ya liberties
D C C
are ya turning into a human surveillance?
[Guitar Solo]
A D C Em E x1
[Bridge, same as guitar solo]
A D
You’re the rambunctious rousing type
C Em E
Loose cannon mutant capitalising on the vulnerable, helpless in a stranglehold
A D
Your names been dragged through the dirt
C
Six ways from sunday, well deserved
A
Reputations tarnished, down the gurgler
[harmonica / piano solo]
A x16
[Main riff once]
[Final chorus]
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A
Common, common, common sense yeah-ah
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A7
Common, common, common sense civilian
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A
Common, common, common sense yeah-ah
A
We’re loosing our common senses
A7
Common, common, common sense civilian
A
How to play Common Sense Civilian
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.