(intro 4x) G F F G 

     C                  C7
    She nursed him there overnight,
     C                 C7
    wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay.
                        C                  C7
   What to say, what to say, soon she was down, soon he was low,
         C
   at a quarter past, holy no.
         C7           G
    She had to turn around.

F             F                G
    When she couldn't hold, oh!
                  F                   F   G
    She folded,       a dissident is here.
               F          F          G
    Escape is never, the safest path,
                       F            F  G
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here

   C             C7           C                           C7
    And to this day, she's glided on, always home but so far away
            C               C7     C                         C7
    like a word misplaced,        nothing said, what a waste.
                  C
    When she had contact with the conflict,.
               C7               C                  C7
    there was meaning, but she sold him to the state.
         C7           G
    She had to turn around.

F             F                G
    When she couldn't hold, oh!
                  F                   F   G
    She folded,       a dissident is here.
               F          F          G
    Escape is never, the safest path,
                      F             F     G G Bb C (4x)
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh!

         G         F             F             G
    She gave him away when she couldn't hold, no!
                  F                   F   G
    She folded,       a dissident is here.
               F          F          G
    Escape is never, the safest path,
                      F             F     G
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh!
                  F         F             G
    Couldn't hold on, she couldn't hold, no!
                  F                   F   G
    She folded,       a dissident is here.
               F          F          G
    Escape is never, the safest path,
                     F  F G
    a dissident is here.