Old Habits Die Hard

Toad The Wet Sprocket

Key

Am

Scroll

3

G

* 3-120-

G

** 3-100-

G7

3230--

Fm6

1-011-

A#7

656---

C6

-30210

Verse 1

C G C G

* **

It's a new day in the district

C G C E

*

After four years off the rails

Am G Fm6

Want some checks and some balances

C/E Am D G G7

Not the same old rich white males

C G C G

* **

We can put this place in order

C G C A#7

*

Build a brand new house of cards

Am E/G#

Pretty soon it may fall

G D/F#

Ain't it true, don't they all

F G C G C G

* **

But old habits die hard

Verse 2

C G C G

* **

I hope i'm aimin' for the truth here

C G C E

*

That I'm ready to be wrong

Am G

But my mind was designed

Fm6

For a different world

C/E Am D7 G G7

And the tribal urge is strong

C G C G

* **

Still every loss of privilege

C G C A#7

*

Is a swift kick in the nards

Am E/G#

It's been long overdue

G D/F#

I'll admit that it's true

F E7 Am C C7

But old habits die hard

F G C C6 C

Old habits die hard

Bridge

E Am

Save us from ourselves

G7 Am Am/G

Save us from each other

Fm6 Am

Save us from the sickness

G F

That sees a threat and not a sister

G

or a brother

Verse 3

C G C G

* **

May this go down for the ages

C G C C/B

*

As the lowest that we creep

Am G Fm6

May the children in their cages

C/E Am D G

See their mothers in their sleep

C G C G

* **

May we find some kind of justice

C G C C/B

*

In the tatters and the shards

Am G F Fm

Every recompense is welcome

Dm E Am C C7

But old habits die hard

F G C C/G Am

Old habits die hard

D/F# G C

Old habits die hard

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