Idiots Are Taking Over
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F#m D
It's not the right time to be sober
A D#+
Now the idiots have taken over
D Bm A
Spreading like a social cancer, is there an answer?
F#m D
Mensa membership conceding
A D#+
Tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding
D Bm
Watson, it's really elementary
A
The industrial revolution
F#m
Has flipped the bitch on evolution
F D A
The benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized, what a bummer
F#m
The world keeps getting dumber
F D A
Insensitivity is standard and faith is being fancied over reason
F#m D
Darwin's rolling over in his coffin
A D#+
The fittest are surviving much less often
D Bm A
Now everything seems to be reversing, and it's worsening
F#m D
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool
A D#+ D
Now angry mob mentality's no longer the exception, it's the rule
Bm A
And I'm starting to feel a lot like Charlton Heston
F#m F
Stranded on a primate planet
D
Apes and orangutans that ran it to the ground
A
With generals and the armies that obeyed them
F#m
Followers following fables
F D
Philosophies that enable them to rule without regard
A F#m D
There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
F#m D
Political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
A Bm
Majority rule, don't work in mental institutions
A
Sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand
F#m
Biggest solutions
D
What are we left with?
A D#+ D
A nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists
Bm A
Who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland
F#m
Pass on traditions
F
How to get ahead religions
D A
And prosperity via simpleton culture
C D
The idiots are taking over
A
The idiots are taking over
C D
The idiots are taking over
A
The idiots are taking over
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The first identified chord is F#m. 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.