Living For The Paper (And Losing The World For It)

Living For The Paper (And Losing The World For It) By Jesse Scobie

Verses:
Bm E
These simple things I soon forget
A D
In these nightmares of endless debt
Bm E
Crawling by on minimal means
A E
Nothing is ever easy here it seems

Same chords
The president says the end is near
Speaks words of nothing to fear
Father, mother struggling on by
Their children can only ask why?
And I'm…

Chorus:
F#m B
Living for the paper
C#m B
Making sure my dreams are dead
F#m E
Just living for the paper
C#m D
And losing the world for it
A B
Living for the paper
C#m D
Gotta support my wife and kids
A B
Cause they can't get by
G#m C#m C#
On just a hug and a kiss

Verses:
Bm E
Silly puppets on a stage
A D
Controlled by those who made
Bm E
The system for you and me
A D
Enslaving ourselves for free

From Greece, Iceland and Ireland
To China, Japan and our own USA
Bank lords and Wall Street stand
With their feet on our mouths today

Chorus:
F#m B
Livingfor the paper
C#m B
Making sure our dreams are dead
F#m E
We're living for the paper
C#m D
And losing the world for it
A B
Dying for the paper
C#m D
Have no sense of where I'm going
A B
My family's so forgotten
G#m C#m C#
And I can't keep on not knowing

Interlude Instrumental:


Outro Chorus:

Living for the paper - A
Someday it's all gonna change - D E A
We'll make the world safer - F#m
No more a catalyst of shame -Bm D E

But life has no eraser "same chords"
You can't stay stuck in the past
We can't afford to waiver
It's time for all of us to act