The Oc Life

[Intro] (
listen to recording for timing)
(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)
C# (let ring)
C# G# E F# E D
A B F#(2) D
C# G# E F# E D
A B F#(2) D

Verse 1

C#                           E          Eb
Want to be a member, want to be a name
B               B#  B         C#
Want to be a lo-cal face that plays the social games
C#                                    E               Eb
Dancing through a time will bring you dinosaur trends
B                       B# B         C#
The limits of your mind is where the county line ends
C#                  E                 Eb
Listen to the media present it all as fact
B                   B#    B   C#
Following the lead ’cause you don't know how to act
C#                                   E                   Eb
Travel in a straight line ’cause you don't know your own way
B                      B#  B                   C#
They'll get you in the end before you know you know you have a say

Chorus

(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)
     C#           G#      E        F#  E         D
This O.C. life is not the life for me, insulated world,
A  B  F#         D
      Trade your happy thoughts
C#           G#      E        F#      E              D
O.C. life is not the life so free, oppression is for real
A  B      F#    D
     With ar-ti-fi-cial

Verse 2

C#                             E              Eb
Want to be remembered, want to have some fame
B                B# B         C#
Fighting to stay a--head is a part of the game
C#                       E              Eb
ATM and Starbucks, every corner are the norm
B              B#  B           C#
Environment so ste-rile, it'll get you to conform
C#           E             Eb
714, wear it like a brand
B            B# B          C#
Contaminated fu-ture has a biohazard scent
C#                            E         Eb
Fighting their rules, I don't see their way
B                   B# B          C#
Guess you're really in before you know you have a say

Chorus

(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)
     C#           G#      E        F#  E         D
This O.C. life is not the life for me, insulated world,
A  B  F#              D
      with wide happy thoughts
C#           G#      E        F#      E              D
O.C. life is not the life so free, oppression is for real
A  B      F#    D
     With ar-ti-fi-cial

Outro

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