C Em G D


[Verse]
                       C
You thought you could free the slaves
   Em              G              D
By filling out the proper paperwork
         C                  Em
Till you turned out all your pockets
          G                D
And realized they never were
                 C              Em
You pulled your kids out of the public school
       G                   D
And resigned to your reverence
      C                         Em
And you set a torch to the old duck pond
                 G              D
Where your heartache took up residence


[Pre-Chorus]
C              Em
You were all dressed up
G                  D
But you didn't know what
C               Em           G      D
All the commotion inside you was for


[Chorus]
Em        D       G        C
What did we expect after all that shame
Em        D       G        C
Some familiar stretch of crippling faith
Em        D       G        C
What did we expect after all that fear
Em        D       G        C          D
Some inheritance to make the past run clear


Em (Am G) C
Whoa
G


[Verse]
                     C
Thought we could concentrate
     Em               G                  D
Just hard enough to let those feelings in
        C                  Em
We were both stuck in the turning lane
     G                        D
But that's where we've always been
            C               Em
I guess we took our love in one big dose
      G              D
And retired to the peasantry
        C            Em
Saying: paradise exists
          G           D
But it is locked away inside our memories


[Pre-Chorus]
C               Em
You couldn't sit still
G                  D
Not while you knew well
     C           Em        G            D
That all the commotion was held in your name


[Chorus]
Em        D       G        C
What did we expect after all that shame
Em        D       G        C
Some familiar stretch of crippling faith
Em        D       G        C
What did we expect after all that fear
Em        D       G        C          D (hold)
Some inheritance to make the past run clear


[Outro]
E G C x2
End on G