Quasi - The Happy Prole

      [Verse 1]
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Everyday
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
We earn our meager pay
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
But it takes its toll
G                 C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
To play the happy prole


[Verse 2]
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
They buy your labor
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Try to steal your soul
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Bite the bullet Hold your tongue
    G              C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
And play the happy prole


[Verse 3]
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Paranoid and tired
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Quit before you're fired
            C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
But they've got you in the hole
       G            Abm
So you play the happy prole


[Bridge]
Am           D
You need the money
       G
So you got to play it dumb
Am                 D
But if you play it long enough
      G
It's just what you become

Am Am/Bb Am/G  Am/Gb   x4

[Verse 4]
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Pay your rent pay your bills
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
Pay the doctor for your pills
C      C7/Bb    F    Fm/Ab
So you can work another day
G
As life slips away