Things I've Been Told

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(Gsus) I have been told the ma(C9)jority is always (Dsus4) right (D) You‘re (Gsus) born, you grow old, you (C9) work & you live, then you (Dsus4) die (D) And (Em/G) when you are gone there‘s (Am7) no trace left of you at (Dsus4) all (D) Except (Em/G) dead flesh and bone, there‘s (Am7) nobody out there to (Dsus4) call (D) (Chorus:) (Gsus) I have been told many things to believe in (C9) I have been told things that (Dsus4) turned out a (D) lie (Gsus) One of the things they said not to believe in (C9) Turned out to be the truth (Dsus4) for wich I‘m (D) ready to (intro) die I have been told “the Bible‘s symbolic, that‘s all“ And that paper, not gold is what makes man rise up or fall “It‘s all in your mind; the truth is a matter of interpretation What you will find is nothing“ ... oh, stop, I can‘t hear anymore, you know, (Chorus) (Bridge:) (Gsus) There is a light wich no mortal eye‘s seen yet (C9) There is a sound wich no (Dsus4) ear has yet (D) heard Gsus) There is a truth wich will blow your finite minds (C9) There is a wisdom that‘s (Dsus4) not of this (D) world I have been told that if you become like a child You‘ll never grow old in a world that‘s so far out & wild Dig this, you cone heads, pseudo intellectuals Concocters of theories, I‘m ready to die Eat this, dictators of false education The science you boast of ‘s a bittersweet lie Nothing of all that you‘ve told us could ever live up to this Stand back, I‘m ready to live & to die