(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 C7
What to say, what to say, soon 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 F G
She folded, a dissident is here.
F F G
Escape is never, the safest path,
F F G
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here
C C7 C C7
And to this day, she's glided on, always home but so far away
C C7 C C7
like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.
C
When she had contact with the conflict,.
C7 C C7
there was meaning, but she sold him to the state.
C7 G
She had to turn around.
F F G
When she couldn't hold, oh!
F F G
She folded, a dissident is here.
F F G
Escape is never, the safest path,
F F G G Bb C (4x)
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh!
G F F G
She gave him away when she couldn't hold, no!
F F G
She folded, a dissident is here.
F F G
Escape is never, the safest path,
F F G
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh!
F F G
Couldn't hold on, she couldn't hold, no!
F F G
She folded, a dissident is here.
F F G
Escape is never, the safest path,
F F G
a dissident is here.
