Total Football chords by Parquet Courts

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
F D F D
F D A C
A G A G
A F


Verse 1:
D                    Bb              G            G
We are conductors of sound, heat and energy
D                    Bb              G            G
And I bet that you thought you had us figured out from the start
D                    Bb              G            G
We are conduits of clear electricity
D                    Bb              G            G
Now youâ??re back on the pitch to take the apparatus apart

          F    C   D
You'??re an anc-ient now
          F    C   D
You're an anc-ient now
          F    C   D
You're an anc-ient now
        Bb         Bb
On your own

Chorus:
Bb      Bb
Rebels, teachers
D         D
Strikers, sweepers
Bb     Bb
Better protected
D        D
Whenever collected

Verse 2:
D                       Bb       G            G
We are troubled by your soft curiosity
D                        Bb                  G            G
But delighted to be anti everything you were taught
D                      Bb           G            G
Are you put off by our footloose fluidity
D                        Bb                      G            G
Have your hurt caucasian feelings left you so distraught?

        F     C    D
Are you quite done now?
        F     C    D
Are you quite done now?
        F     C    D
Are you quite done now?
       Bb     Bb
Not at all


Chorus 2:
Bb       Bb
Workers, authors
D      D
Poets, stoppers
Bb     Bb
Power resembled
D         D
If we are assembled

Outro:

Bb                          Bb           D                   D
Only through those who stay awake can an institution be dismantled
         Bb              Bb     D                                                           D
It is dishonest, nay, a sin to stand for any anthem that attempts to drown out the roar of oppression

Bb
Hesse Total Football
Bb
Twombly Total Football
D
Tzara Total Football
D
Mina Total Football
Bb
Panthers Total Football
Bb
KoBrA Total Football
D
Dada Total Football
D
Beatles Total Football

F D F D
F        D     A   C     A      G  A   G  A  F    F   D   F  D F D A C
Swapping parts and roles is not acting but rather emancipation from expectation
A G          A   G  A   F    F   D         F  D      F  D  A
Collectivism and autonomy are not mutually exclusive
C              A      G           A        G        A  F F  D F D A C A G A F F
Those who find discomfort in your goals of liberation will be issued no apology
D
And fuck Tom Brady!