The Industry

C Am F G

[Verse 1]
  C               Em  Am
I thought that it was us against the world
             F
But now it's me against something so big and abstract
                          G
That I can't tell what it is
    C            Em         Am
All while you're out there, grinding on some poor girl
       F                          G
Who is backstage at the 6.8 rock fest
Em                             Am
I thought that you'd be on our side
           Em                                    Dm      G
I tuned it out when I heard you shit-talking our friends
         Em                              Am
Well, our world's in free fall and we're terrified
         F                                     G
And everyone's just out to grab what they can get

[Verse 2]
  C         Em    Am
I thought I had a bunch of friends, I guess
  F                                G
I just had people pissed at me for shit
        C       Em       Am
And the cheaper that the music starts to get
          F                                          G
It's like they're trying to make us cheep along with it

              Em                   Am
I watched you turn into your very opposite
     Em                           Dm     G
Into everything we were trying to reject
      Em                            Am
And I figured you had had enough of it
             F                                         G
Watching the whole world turn while all you earned was respect

[Verse 3]
    C       Em       Am
And look at us; just two dumb country hicks
         F                         G
as we're trying to bum-rush that VIP
   C          Em        Am
Up there, out where the beautiful people live
            F                          G
But is that ever who we even wanted to be?

       Em                       Am
Do you remember, baby, back in '96?
          Em                                       Dm    G
When some record was enough to make you raise your fist?
          Em                                  Am
When some singer would make you sure that you exist?
        F                                G
Well, I never thought I'd feel like that again

          C
Just let go
                Am
I had to let it go
              F
I gotta gotta let it go
             G
Gotta let it go