Caveman Chords

by Cursive
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 7th fret
Author ChrisJPN [a] 21. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

E
Am
G
F
C
Dm

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Capo 7
 
Intro/Verse
 
E
 
Am G F C E Am Dm
 
Am              G      F
  I want to live life duty free
C       E         Am       Dm
Let my instincts take the lead
Am         G        F
I want to take what I can get
C              E          Am       Dm
Don't want to choose don't want to beg
Am      G             F
I want down from this family tree
E
I don't need no upward mobility
 
(Repeat verse)
 
Am         G      F
I want to unlearn what I've learned
C       E      Am        Dm
Want to unearn what I've earned
Am      G       F
Want to burn my bridges down
C      E       Am       Dm
Find a place I can't be found
Am         G         F
This is my manifesto destiny
E                             Dm    G
Tear down this awkward mobility
 
            Am       G        F
'Cause I'm tired of standing upright
E                                                           Dm      G
The taller we become the more dollars we can grab from that highest branch
         Am           G              F
And then step on your back given the chance
                 G
But not me I'm a bipedal backpedaler just as sure-footed as I can
 
(Repeat verse)
 
Am      G    F
 I'm no high society man
C           E       Am     Dm
No suit and tie, no Dapper Dan
Am     G     F
I'm no happy family man
C      E        Am       Dm
I'm no husband, ain't no dad
Am    G       F
I'm a goddamn caveman
E
This upward mobility is more than I can understand
 
 
C       E            Am    Dm
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
C       E            Am    Dm
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
C       E            Am    Dm
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
 
Am            G             F
I'd rather be all hands and knees
          Am        G               F
Yeah, I'd rather be swinging in the trees
With the monkeys and the junkies and bums and sloths and jailbird canaries
                     G
Yeah that's me I'm a bipedal backpedaler from sea to shining sea 
 
 
(Repeat verse)
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2 comments
q4pp54pwvg
I just do t hear the Dm
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ChrisJPN
Jeez, this was forever ago but I figured this out form watching a YouTube video of a radio session when Tim did a bunch of Mama... songs solo on acoustic. The chords are, without a doubt, perfect.
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