How Did I Get Out Alive Chords & Tabs
How Did I Get Out Alive Tab
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Down where the dullards rule; How do you keep a match lit in this hole?
C Em Am Em
Up where the idiots lead; Scattering seeds.
D C G D C G
Well, we all had to stand for the Pledge. When bones were thrown we all fetched.
D C G D C
But still, we were burning inside. How did I get out
A-live?
G D Em D G
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And we read here we are free; Sang "this land was made for you and me."
C Em Am Em
Watched as the president swore; Called for war.
D C G D C
We all tied yellow ribbons 'round necks. And we all had to stand for the
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Pledge.
D C G D C
So smothered by national pride. How did I get out
A-live?
G D Em D G D Em D
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Back when the idiots ruled, I was a time bomb brought into school.
C Em Am Em
It was there that we learned up from down; upside-down.
D C G D C
It was there that we stood for the pledge. Where the living were raised by
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the dead.
D C G D C
Led to slaughter, kept inside the lines. So how did I get out...
D C G D C G
By some rebel angel was I blessed? Or by some devil's minion led?
D C G D C G
One by one, we all choked on the lies. How did I get out alive?
G D Em D
Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save
You.
C D
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G D Em D
If you struggle and fight, you just may get out,
Too.
C D
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Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save
You.
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If you struggle and fight, you just may get out... too...
Keep Fighting!
--MiScHiEf BrEw--
