Intro
C#m
[Verse 1]
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It's new world now don't discriminate
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Everyone is equally a master and a slave
C#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
C#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
[Chorus]
E B | F# B | C#m
How did this happen?
E B | F# B | C#m
How did this happen? (How did this happen?)
[Verse 2]
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I see you walk past the demonstration
E B C#m
Two chips on your shoulder
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You're a culture connoisseur and your pain is real
E B C#m
Two chips on your shoulder
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Stuck wading through a crowd of radical daughters
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Barricades armed by empty strollers
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Basic slogans to combat controllers
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See them dance from afar, to guitar on your shoulder
[Pre-Chorus]
E B C#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
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These people should be here regardless of outcome
E B C#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
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Hey there's a half-off sale at the Barnes and Noble
[Chorus]
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 3]
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You're cueing deep cuts as you glide escalator
E B C#m
Two chips on your shoulder
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Face pressed to glass looking down at the mass march
E B C#m
Two cans on your shoulder
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Your playlist knows you better than a closest lover
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Your playlist always desert island disk
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Your playlist will curate you songs of the oppressed
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Look at the marquee in 1080p
[Pre-Chorus]
E B C#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
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These people should be here regardless of outcome
E B C#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
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You've got an island of blue, you've got a nipple in water
[Chorus]
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 4]
C#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
C#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
C#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
C#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
[Chorus]
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 5]
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This machine you know it don't kill fascists
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This machine just softens what's hard
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This machine it killed the dream of the sixties
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This machine you know it's just a guitar
[Outro]
E B F#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
B C#m
How did this happen?