The New Folk Hero

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Well, there's a new folk hero out there, as discussed elsewhere.
I couldn't resist recording a little demo based on the essay I woke up and wrote in that thread yesterday. I've seen a few songs out there already with titles like "Deny, Defend, Depose," but I haven't seen a folk song yet. This seems like classic folk-song subject matter: murder ballads, corridos, that kinda thing. If/when it's released for real, ideally with some more interesting instrumentation, I'd do it under the moniker of my new folk/Americana band, Whispering Lake. The New Folk Hero Key of G/A [VERSE 1] G D Bm C I always figured if I don't like the life I'm living G Bm Em C I might as well give something else a shot G D But put a man in a lot of pain Bm C And he might just find a way G Bm Em C To take a shot at someone else [CHORUS 1] G A C So here's your new folk hero G A C Smart enough to plan it out but not to escape G Em A We're all one accident away from feeling the kinda pain C D G That spurred on the new folk hero G Em C D [VERSE 2] G D Bm C It's a testament to fortitude, or maybe decorum G Bm Em C That we don't just burn it all down G D 'Cause anyone could reach this place— Bm C We're scared to see the pretty face G Bm Em C Of a man the health-care system ground down [CHORUS 2] G A C So here's your new folk hero G A C Smart enough to plan it out but not to escape G Em A We're all one accident away from feeling the kinda pain C D G That spurred on the new folk hero G Em C D [VERSE 3] G D Bm C It's probably no coincidence our new folk hero thought of this G Bm Em C When the future looks so bleak G D Replace a man's spine with screws Bm C And he'll have nothing left to lose G Bm Em C You take away his hopes and dreams [CHORUS 3] G A C So here's your new folk hero G A C Smart enough to plan it out but not to escape G Em A We're all one accident away from feeling the kinda pain C D G That spurred on the new folk hero G Em C D [BRIDGE] A C People tend to get upset G A When they realize this crushing debt C D Em Is all just part of the plan A C Behind the scenes, all the while G A The system's built to keep us servile C D Em Make us cave to their demands A C The system's built to ruin us G A And throw us under the bus C D A C Deny...defend...depose [CHORUS 4] G A C Here comes your new folk hero G A C Smart enough to plan it out but not to escape G Em A We're all one accident away from feeling the kinda pain C D G That spurred on the new folk hero Em [CHORUS 5] G A C So here's your new folk hero G A C Smart enough to plan it out but not to escape G Em A We're all one accident away from feeling the kinda pain C D G Em That spurred on the new folk hero C D G That spurred on the new folk hero