Dissident

(intro 4x) G F F G

     C                  C7
    She nursed him there overnight,
     C                 C7
    wasn't so sure she wanted him to
 stay.
                        C        
   What to say, what to say, soon 
          C7
she was down, soon he was low,
         C
   at a quarter past, holy no.
         C7           G
    She had to turn around.

F             F                G
    When she couldn't hold, oh!
                  F                
    She folded,       a dissident 
   F   G
is here.
               F          F   
    Escape is never, the safest 
       G
path,
                       F           
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is 
 F  G
here

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   C             C7           C  
    And to this day, she's glided
                         C7
 on, always home but so far away
            C               C7  
    like a word misplaced,        
   C                         C7
nothing said, what a waste.
                  C
    When she had contact with the 
conflict,.
               C7               C 
    there was meaning, but she 
                 C7
sold him to the state.
         C7           G
    She had to turn around.

F             F                G
    When she couldn't hold, oh!
                  F                
    She folded,       a dissident 
   F   G
is here.
               F          F   
    Escape is never, the safest 
       G
path,
                      F            
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is 
 F     G G Bb C (4x)
here, oh!

         G         F         
    She gave him away when she 
    F             G
couldn't hold, no!
                  F                
    She folded,       a dissident 
   F   G
is here.
               F          F   
    Escape is never, the safest 
       G
path,
                      F            
   Oh, a dissident, a dissident is 
 F     G
here, oh!
                  F         F     
    Couldn't hold on, she couldn't
        G
 hold, no!
                  F                
    She folded,       a dissident 
   F   G
is here.
               F          F   
    Escape is never, the safest 
       G
path,
                     F  F G
    a dissident is here.