Whats Next
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Am G
People say the year has been worse than those before
C Em7 B
I would say there’s decades if not centuries of missteps to pay for
Am G
Randomness is common, cruelty is too
C D
Fascists lead the nations and nobody’s sure just how to cope with
Em G B
Not knowing if we will make it through
N.C.
Well I threw my
[Chorus]
E
Problems in the trash, plucked them
B
Out of my mind’s eye
B
The world ain’t getting better yet, but at
E Edim
Least I don’t wanna die. It’s a
A
Comedy of errors, and a
E
Tragedy as well, but you can
E D
Laugh about it, cry about it
C#m F#7
Think about it later
F#m B
The apocalypse will wait ‘til you get
E B
Back, see there’s
[Verse 1]
E
Rigged elections in most places
B
All to help just certain races
C#m
Running down the list, we’re almost
G#m
Through Biblical plagues
A
Denial of reality
G#m
Becomes a Chekov’s gun, when the
B
Leader of a nation thinks in
B7
Lies before act one, there’s been
E
Finally some mass unrest
B
To try and change the world (hell yes!)
C#m
Anarchistic communes
G#m
Influencers playing fakes
A
The looming threat of nukes, it’s like we’re
G#m
Back in ‘62, and
B
Don’t forget the murder hornets
N.C
Face it, you forgot the murder hornets too
[Pre-chorus]
C#m
So the world seems like a
G#m
Mess, I think we all can
F#m
Attest to that (Attest to that)
E D
Constant questions asking me what’s
C#m
Next, God was playing dice
G#m
After Einstein told him he should
F#m
Quit (Should quit so)
B
I searched how to cope and read to
[Chorus]
E
Throw my problems in the trash, they’re
B
Out of my mind’s eye
B
Complain about our fate with friends, so at
E Edim
Least I don’t wanna die. It’s a
A
Comedy of errors, and a
E
Tragedy as well, but you can
E D
Laugh about it, cry about it
C#m F#7
Try and fix it later
F#m B
The apocalypse will wait ‘til you get
E B
Back
[Bridge]
A
Nothing needs to make sense when we
E
Try to think it out, no
B
Karma and no justice here to
F#m
Bring light to our doubt
A
When no one saw it coming
E
The textbooks won’t be kind
B
So we must accept the randomness
C#m
The awful and the callousness
D
The worldview of an absurdist
D F#m/C#
Cause we won’t
G/B D/A
Know what’s
C#7
Next, have you tried
[Verse 2]
F#
Stretching out your muscles for a
C#
Walk at a protest
D#m
The bosses won’t care cause it ain’t their
A#m
House getting repossessed
B
Pills and medications won’t stop
A#m
Armaggeddon’s march, and
C#
In the process you’d pay for a
C#7
CEO’s new car, maybe
F#
Thoughts and prayers for a better
C#
Future won’t go wrong
D#m
Sure it might feel good for now, but
A#m
No one’s changing songs
B
Maybe we could restart, and try
A#m
America 2, though
C#
No one seems pro-radical
C#7
Oh wow, we’re totally screwed
N.C.
(Slow down, exhale) So I’ll
[Chorus]
F#
Throw my problems in the trash, they’re
C#
Out of my mind’s eye,
C#
Nothing’s gonna change that way, but at
F# F#dim
(Back to full speed) Least I don’t wanna die. It’s a
B
Natural disaster, and there’s
F#
Chaos here to thrive, so you can
F# E
Laugh about it, cry about it
D#m G#7
Gamble on it later
G#m C#
The apocalypse will wait ‘til you get
F# C#
Back, ‘til we get
F# C#
Back, we’ll take it
F#
Back
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