The Universal Cynic
Jody Beaulac
jbeaulac@powersoft.com

rhythm 1: (2x)
G G G G G  F   G G G G G  C

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Catch a shooting star and put it in your pocket
And your pants will start on fire
One bird in the hen or two birds in the bush
Neither do you any good when you're stuck in the quagmire

F             E      D   C                 B   A       (rhythm 1)
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth

F(low)          C          F         A#    G
Then you can be known as a universal cynic too


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Benefit your fellow man with good deeds for the day
And you'll serve your life away
Penny saved today, a penny still tomorrow
Strewn upon the desk, piled up in a paper weight


F             E      D   C                 B   A       (rhythm 1)
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth

F(low)          C          D#         A#    G
Then you can be known as a universal cynic too


F                C        D#                   A#
Wipe your opaque eyes and restore your crystal vision

F            C          D#             A#
Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision

F             G            D#        C  G     F
A bit of excercise for the universal cynic in you

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Early to bed and early to rise
Precludes you from seeing the most brilliant starry nights
Sticks and stones can break bones, words can't really hurt
Unless you carry guns and are hungry for a fight

Challenging the standards and questioning the established rules
Trying to understand how they can benefit you
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth
Then you can be known as a universal cynic too
The universal cynic is you