Purplebug - Nice Things

Intro: 
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Am   F   C   G 


 
Am 
We found fire 
F 
and burned the forest down 
C 
We found language 
G 
and taught it how to lie 

Am 
We made wheels 
F 
then drove them through the garden 
C 
We built wings 
G 
then filled up the sky 
 

 
F 
We got nice things 
C 
We got bright things 
G 
We got miracles in our hands 

F 
We got clean water 
C 
and golden cities 
G 
and still we shit where we stand 
 

 
Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
This is why the song wont sing 
C 
Every gift becomes a weapon 
G 
Every crown becomes a ring 

Am 
around the neck 
F 
around the throat 
C 
around the dream 
G 
before it floats 

Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
We ruin everything 
 

 
Am 
We made money 
F 
then forgot what people cost 
C 
We made screens 
G 
then forgot each others eyes 

Am 
We made gods 
F 
then put them on the payroll 
C 
We made truth 
G 
then taught it to advertise 

Am 
We made medicine 
F 
then priced the poor out 
C 
We made food 
G 
then poisoned the seed 

Am 
We made freedom 
F 
then sold it by subscription 
C 
We made love 
G 
then turned it into need 
 

 
F 
We got nice things 
C 
We got bright things 
G 
We got heaven in a box 

F 
We got soft beds 
C 
and smart machines 
G 
and locks on top of locks 
 

 
Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
This is why the lights go black 
C 
Every answer makes a market 
G 
Every cure demands a tax 

Am 
Every child gets born owing 
F 
Every river leaves here glowing 
C 
This is why we cant have nice things 
G 
We never give them back  



BREAKDOWN: 
(single strum / spoken / tension build) 

Dm 
First we carried the machine 
Am 
Then the machine carried us 

Dm 
First we prayed for better lives 
Am 
Then we worshiped better stuff 

Dm 
First we built a door 
C 
Then we built a wall 
G 
Then we built a camera 
Am 
to watch it all 

Dm 
First we wanted more 
C 
Then we wanted mine 
G 
Then we wanted yours 
E 
Then we called it divine 



Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
This is why the joke gets mean 
C 
We were handed stars and oceans 
G 
and we built a slot machine 

Am 
We were given breath and bodies 
F 
We were given hands and time 
C 
Then we made a little kingdom 
G 
out of every little crime 

Outro: 
F 
So heres to nice things 
C 
broken nice things 
G 
plastic flowers in the rain 

F 
Heres to progress 
C 
Heres to comfort 
G 
Heres to calling poison gain 


 
Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
This is why the song wont sing 
C 
Every gift becomes a weapon 
G 
Every crown becomes a ring 

Am 
around the neck 
F 
around the throat 
C 
around the dream 
G 
before it floats 

Am 
This is why we cant have nice things 
F 
We ruin everything 

Am