Intro
F#
Bm A G D F# Bm Em
Bm A G
I want to live life duty free
D F# Bm Em
Let my instincts take the lead
Bm A G
I want to take what I can get
D F# Bm Em
Don't want to choose don't want to beg
Bm A G
I want down from this family tree
F#
I don't need no upward mobility
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Bm A G
I want to unlearn what I've learned
D F# Bm Em
Want to unearn what I've earned
Bm A G
Want to burn my bridges down
D F# Bm Em
Find a place I can't be found
Bm A G
This is my manifesto destiny
F# Em A
Tear down this awkward mobility
Bm A G
'Cause I'm tired of standing upright
F# Em A
The taller we become the more dollars we can grab from that highest branch
Bm A G
And then step on your back given the chance
A
But not me I'm a bipedal backpedaler just as sure-footed as I can
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Bm A G
I'm no high society man
D F# Bm Em
No suit and tie, no Dapper Dan
Bm A G
I'm no happy family man
D F# Bm Em
I'm no husband, ain't no dad
Bm A G
I'm a goddamn caveman
F#
This upward mobility is more than I can understand
D F# Bm Em
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
D F# Bm Em
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
D F# Bm Em
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
Bm A G
I'd rather be all hands and knees
Bm A G
Yeah, I'd rather be swinging in the trees
With the monkeys and the junkies and bums and sloths and jailbird canaries
A
Yeah that's me I'm a bipedal backpedaler from sea to shining sea
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