Not The End Of The World Even As We Know It Chords

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Not The End Of The World Even As We Know It by Faded Paper Figures is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C F 

verse 1 
C 
  Glass ceilings falling on you 
C                                   F 
Like the blessings of a choice when it's the only way 
C 
  Last night I thought I saw you 
C                                       F 
With a drink, and friends, you said you go there everyday 
F 
Then I hear you say 
C 
Wicked television screen, Rockefeller energy, politician guarantee 
C                         F 
Stupid corporate synergy, MSNBC jerks, messing with the young turks 
F                                       C 
Yogi hippiography, sell us immortality, PhD without a gig 
C 
Dirty, broken drill rig, bible basher black belt, bankers buck a short sell 
F 
Kurzweil on a pill kick, handing down a pink slip, missionaries at the door 
F                           C 
Bleeding out at every pore, democratic fail safe, money gets you in the game 
C 
Money gets you in the game, money gets you in the game 

 
Am         C                      F 
Yeah, it's hard but it's not the end of the world (even as we know it) 
Am            C                       F 
Yeah, it's so hard but it's not the end of the world (even as we know it) 

Interlude 
Em G 
F C 

verse 2 
F 
Good gods abandoning you 
F                                    C 
Like a pain that fades when it's no longer in your way 
F 
No collective dreams to guide you 
                                    C 
Have another drink, I think you'll be here everyday 
C 
Then I hear you say 
F 
Kiss and tell apocalypse, psychopharmacologists, target demographic lies 
F                       C 
Revolution improvised, artificial bleeding heart, superficial work of art 
C                                                    F 
Conjure up the word of God, complicated voter fraud, Buddha-heads will save the day 
F 
Calculate the DNA, mindless droning, human rights, shoppers camping overnight 
C 
The world's a business powerplay, money gets you in the game 
C 
Money gets you in the game, money gets you in the game 

 
Am         C                      F 
Yeah, it's hard but it's not the end of the world (even as we know it) 
Am            C                       F 
Yeah, it's so hard but it's not the end of the world (even as we know it) 

Interlude 
Em G 
F C F C 

Bridge 
F                        C 
Unfortunately, life goes on 
F                       C 
However bent and badly drawn 
F                        C 
Unfortunately, life goes on and on and on 
F 
However bent and badly 
Em               G 
Bent and badly 

Oh, oh, oh 

Outro 
F 
Yeah, (unfortunately life goes on) 
      C                     F 
It's hard but it's not the end of the world 
F 
(However bent and badly drawn) 
F 
Even as we know it 
Am 
Yeah, (unfortunately life goes on) 
Am      C                       F 
It's so hard but it's not the end of the world 
F 
(However bent and badly drawn) 
F 
Even as we know it 
Am 
Yeah, (unfortunately life goes on) 
Am      C                       F 
It's so hard but it's not the end of the world 
F 
(However bent and badly drawn) 
F 
Even as we know it 
Am 
Yeah, (unfortunately life goes on) 
Am      C                       F 
It's so hard but it's not the end of the world 
F 
(However bent and badly drawn) 
F 
Even as we know it 
C G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante