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