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