Drowned In Paper by Pete Seeger
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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Drowned in paper, strangled in wire,
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our civilization is bound to go down,
              G                                         C
and the birds and the bees and the bugs will take over,
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and the old green world goes spinning around.
              G                                          C
    Now, some say your world will be ended in fire,
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    some say it`ll be frozen to ice in the heart.
         G                               C
    But I know just how our race will expire,
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    it`ll be our own doing from being so smart.
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    I knew a young girl, so fair and so handsome,
               G                                                               D
    her cheeks were so bright and her lips were so red.
                   G                              C
    But from typing and filing and taking dictations,
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    her shape is now known as "stenographer`s breed".
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    I knew a young fellow, so full of vigour,
    G                                           D
    he took a job with the TV repair.
                   G                                     C
    Now his power has shortage, his wires are tangled,
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    he`s got a fat belly, and he`s losing his hair.
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    I`ve recorded, I`ve measured, I`ve clicked with a camera,
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    I raised a long sight of this stream-side of life.
               G                                C
    But afraid to jump in, I know all about water,
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    but don`t know how to swim in the struggle and strife.