Long Way Off

  Cmaj7     Am        Em        D
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                                    ( I've seen )

[Verse 1]
           Cmaj7    Am
I've seen enough of it
     Em
The sides are all cemented
        D
Their incentives look the same
          Cmaj7              Am
Are they vetted in the same ways?
         Em
As the little guy puts blood and tears
        D                                Cmaj7
Into pushing deadweight on the capital steps
          Am         Em
Bleeding out for a caricature of a '50s salesman
 D                             Cmaj7
Hare checklist, tickin' every box
           D
Dead for what?


[Chorus]

Cmaj7                         Am
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
          Em                              D
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
           Cmaj7                            Am
I heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
               Em         D
We're still a long way off
               Cmaj7      D
We're still a long way off


[Verse 2]
          Cmaj7      Am
Some get along with it
      Em
They drag around from town to town
         D
With a pretty lie that hoodwinked many
Cmaj7        Am
of my loved ones
      Em
And I owe it to my folks
           D
for giving me an understanding
      Cmaj7                     Am
of a world that shot my people down
      Em
The hungry and divided play
 D                                      Cmaj7
into the hands of the man who put them there
       D
So it goes

[Chorus]

Cmaj7                         Am
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
          Em                              D
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
           Cmaj7                            Am
I heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
               Em         D
We're still a long way off
               Cmaj7       Am Em D
We're still a long way off
               Cmaj7       Am Em D
We're still a long way off

[Chorus]

  Cmaj7                       Am
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
          Em                              D
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
           Cmaj7                            Am
I heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
               Em         D
We're still a long way off
               Cmaj7      Am Em D
We're still a long way off
               Cmaj7      Am Em D
We're still a long way off