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You Are (The Government)

Bad Religion

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
G#Diagram coming soon
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C×○○
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro:  F  G#  A#  C#  D#   F  G#  A#  C#  C    (x4)
     C#           G#                 D#                   F
Hey, sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong,
 C#           G#            D#                A#
Eradicate but vindicate as "progress" creeps along,
C#           G#              D#               F
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge,
   C#            D#                  F
As old glory maintains your consciousness
 
C#  D#  F   
F  G#  A#  C#  D#   F  G#  A#  C#  C    (x2)
 
          C#           G#          D#          F
There's a loser in the house and a puppet on a stool,
      C#             G#         D#               A#
And a crowded way of life and a black reflecting pool,
    C#            G#       D#           F
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies,
     C#               D#                 F#
Then country can't pretend to ignore its people's cries
 
C#  D#  F
C#  D#
 
F  D#  F    G#  D#  G#  D# 
You are the government,
F  D#  F     G#  D#  G#  D#
You are jurisprudence,
F  D#  F    G#  D#  G#  D#
You are the volition,
F  D#  F     G#  D#  G#  D#
You are jurisdiction 
 
    F C#     G#   D#    F
And I make a difference too

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Chord set

F · G# · A# · C# · D# · C · F#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.