The Happy Dictator

Intro 

F  Dm         E                        A  E 
     I am the one to give you life again 
         A                Am 
I am the one to save your soul 
 B   A   F#  |   B   A   E 
Amen 



       B 
As the shadows, they are forming, come and join me centre stage 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
           B 
If you are empty and abstracted and your broken heart is full of rage 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 
B 
In a world of fiction, I am a velvet glove 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
B 
I am your soul, your resurrection, I am the love 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 


Interlude 
B 



   B 
So look out to the west now, see where the devil lies 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
    B 
Its pharmakon is with you and your empire it is paralysed 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 
     B 
I'll propagate eternity and seal it with my kiss 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
   B 
So look into the coffin and let me grant your wish 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 



Am          E    G#m7/D# 
No more bad news 
           C#m             E 
So you can sleep well at night 
        A              Am           B 
And the palace of your mind will be bright 



B 
Everything is slowing down yet everything is faster 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
      B 
While everyone is consuming I'll save you from yourself 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 
 B 
Upon this world of fiction my love I will bestow 
 A                F# 
(Oh, what a happy land we live in) 
          B 
And as we march into the future happiness will grow 
 A                E 
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah) 



Am          E    G#m7/D# 
No more bad news 
           C#m           E 
So you can sleep well at night 
        A              Am           B 
And the palace of your mind will be bright 



B 
Everything is slowing down yet faster (Will be bright) 
   A                        F# 
Consuming us, I'll save you from yourself (Will be bright) 
   B 
My love bestowed upon this world of fiction (Will be bright) 
A                   E 
March to the future happiness grows (Will be bright) 
B 
Are you not better off than ever? (Will be bright) 
A                  F# 
Are you not better off right now? (Will be bright) 
B 
When have you felt this way, I ask you (Will be bright) 
A                         E 
When have you felt better off than right now? (Will be bright) 



C  Cadd9        E                          C 
       I am the one to give you life again 
Cadd9    A                Am 
I am the one to save your soul 
 Am 
Amen 



   Am       E            G#m7/D#   C#m    E 
No more bad news (Moun - tains and rain - bows, palaces of love) 
           A 
So you can sleep well at night 
        Am                          E 
And the palace of your mind will be bright 
        G#m7/D#   C#m    E 
(Moun - tains and rain - bows) 
           A 
So you can sleep well at night 
        Am                          E         G#m7/D#  C#m  E 
And the palace of your mind will be bright (Palaces of love) 


Outro 
           A                           Am                          E 
So you can sleep well at night and the palace of your mind will be bright...