Viva La Persistence by Kimya Dawson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Viva La Persistence

Biography:

Kimya Dawson (born 17th November 1972) is an Olympia-based singer-songwriter, and a prominent part of the anti-folk movement.

Dawson became well known as a member of The Moldy Peaches. Since the Moldy Peaches took a break from performing and recording in 2004, Dawson has released a string of lo-fi homemade albums, and toured widely in North America and Europe.

In 2005 the Pharmacy and Matty Pop Chart performed as her backing band on a U.S. tour.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

Well I was pretty bummed out when no-one had this song here. So I registered to tab this
song. It's pretty easy and i just learned it from watching her on youtube. have fun~!

Chords: G,C,D

G C G C
I dreamed I thanked Scott Ian for persistence of time
G C G C
Back when steve and eva died that album changed my life
G C G C
it was a package of pure darkness tied up with a silver string
G C G C
delivered by a fast train rearranging how i think
G C G C
he said "i can't believe you even know that i exist,
G C G C
i've got all of your albums and i think you are the best"
G C G C
he started to cry and i started to laugh
G C G C
i gave him a hug and he gave me his autograph
D
reeling in my disbelief, i know that it was just a dream
all the covers that i see are different from the books i read
G C G C
everything is crumbling around me
G C G C
why does everything cost so much money?
G C G C
could somebody please help out my family?
G C G C
my mom needs hearing aids, new shoulders, and new legs
G C G C
my dad needs a break he works all day every day
G C G C
my brother needs a place and a job where he can make
G C G C
enough money to take care of his baby
D
here's a simple dissertation on a complex situation
money and intimidation and mass graves make strong foundations
for the giant corporations that own all the TV. stations
telling us to take vacations to their big theme park plantations
rather than to hearts of nations
G C G C
where we might meet people on the street who say
G C G/C G C
C
"i don't want my mtv 'cause it brought viva to its knees"
G C G C G
C G C
and mom and pop are begging "please, globalization's killing me"
G C G C
C G C
while we think that they think they need all of the things we think we need
G C G C G
C G C
like martha stewart shams and sheets and sugar free powdered iced tea
G C G C G
G/C
vanilla coke, lemon pepsi, friends episodes on dvd

D,C,D,C(i HIT THE LAST CHORD-C- THREE TIMES)

G C G C
i went to see the doctor of psychiatry
G C G C
weapons of mass instruction finally broke me
G C G C
he said "act your age, don't be afraid, take two of these.
G C G C
now listen real hard, put down that guitar,
G C G
don't be a retard, be all that you can be"
D
the things he said i could be were laid out right in front of me
would i choose deep fried apathy, mcnuggets where my balls should be,
or super sized conformity? i walked away and i'm still me
free to go fucking crazy, free to know why i'm angry
one and one and one is three and you and me is all i need

G C (G,C) G C
G C G
singing songs, drawing cocks, picking locks to locked doors
C G C (G,C) G
C
find deflated hearts, and pump them up

/=THE WORD ID BROKN DOWN INTO SYLLABLES. EX:MTV IS BROKEN INTO 3 SYLLABLES AND "MT" IS G
"V" IS C