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God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too
D#m Cb
They're public punching bags. But someone’s gotta do it
G#m F# C# D#m
It's not so sexy, the procedure or the truth
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I say God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too
[Verse 2]
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The House Intelligence Committee piles on
D#m C# Cb
They'd love to know what Rosenstein has on the boss
G#m F# F D#m C#
But it’s just for cameras, yeah, it's just a show of force
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Y'all know he can't comply, But that's the point, of course
[Chorus 1]
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So they call him Mister Peepers
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As the thugs all smash his glasses
D#m F#
Going full Lord of the Flies
C# A#
Burning this island down to ashes
D#m F# C# A#m
What's the rule of law if we can't agree on what a fact is?
D#m F# C#
There ain't nothing here to see, folks, move along, move along
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Thank God for facts
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They’re stubborn things indeed
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But little cowboys will try cases on TV
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It doesn’t make it so,
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Because you make believe
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You can't lose in court and appeal on Hannity
[Verse 4]
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The distinguished wrestler from Ohio,
D#m C# Cb
He’s free to lie, he's not the one who's under oath
G#m F#
The law don't suit the boss
C# D#m
This Deputy must go
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We got him in the locker room, boys
Cb F#
Start the show
[Chorus 2]
D#m F#
So they call him Mister Peepers
C# A#m
Send some thugs to smash his glasses
D#m F#
If he’s gone and peeped the wrong thing
C# A#
Then they'll burn his name to ashes
D#m F#
What's the rule of law
C# A#m
If we can't establish what a fact is?
D#m F# C#
There ain't nothing here to see, folks, move along, ah move along
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C# F# G#m D#m C#
[Bridge]
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They say it dies in the dark
C# G#m
Right now, they're trying to kill it in broad daylight
Cb D#m
Can flashlights really fight bombs?
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We'll see
Cb
Right now
[ Solo ]
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D#m F# C# A#7
F#m F# C# A#m
D#m F# C# F#
[Verse 5]
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You boys are Christians, right?
Cb F#
What would Jesus do?
D#m C# Cb
Would he bury crimes and carry water like a stooge?
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Or smear a family man in case he tells the truth
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About the boss?
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Yeah, what would Jesus do?
[Chorus 3]
D#m F#
Would he call him Mister Peepers?
C# A#m
Send some thugs to smash his glasses?
D#m F#
The institution's standing tall
C# A#
Though we tried our best to trash it
D#m F#
Aren't we all the keepers
C# A#m
Of this fragile young Republic?
D#m F# C#
And when all those Mister Peepers people fall…
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Lord help us all