The zealot gene (2022)
D# - B
- A + G - F - G - F (2x) -
F
Am C
1. Half of us are in the apple, half of us are
in the pie,
Am C
all
of us are in the pudding when the last bus has gone by.
E C
Someone has to take the high road, someone has to make the bed,
Am F
no-one
has the right to tell you to lie down when all is said.
E F E
The black and white, the stereotype, the
polarising pitch at play,
F E F E
while
some of us sit in between interminable shades of grey.
Dm Am Dm Am
No need to walk the tightrope,
set out on that great divide,
F E
the
balance scales may tremble
F E - E
but
the featherweights are on our side.
G F G F
Carrying the Zealot gene, right or left, no in between,
G F
G F - F
beware, beware the Zealot gene :
Naked flame near gasoline !
Am
C
2. The populist with dark appeal, the pandering to hate
Am C
which
xenophobic scaremongers deliver on a plate
E C
to
tame the pangs of hunger and satisfy the lust,
Am F
slave
to ideology, moderation bites the dust.
E
F E
Bee buzzing in your bonnet, and
a wasp right up the bum,
F
E F E
a V-8
under hood, a cocked hammer under thumb.
Dm Am Dm
Am
Ear-splitting twitter thunder, and a screaming banshee wail,
F
E F E -
E
you
got too many opinions and a tom cat by the tail.
G F G F
Carrying the Zealot gene, right or left, no in between,
G F G F - F
beware, beware the Zealot gene :
Naked flame near gasoline !
+ Dm - C - Dm - C (2x)
+ CHORUS
Am C
3. Half of us are in the apple, half of us are
in the pie,
Am C
all
of us are in the pudding when the last bus has gone by.
E
C
Someone has to take the high road, someone has to make the bed,
Am F
no-one
has the right to tell you to lie down when all is said.
E
F E
The black and white, the
stereotype, the polarising pitch at play,
F E F E
while
some of us sit in between interminable shades of grey.
Dm Am Dm Am
No need to walk the tightrope,
set out on that great divide,
F E
the
balance scales may tremble
F E - E
but
the featherweights are on our side.
G F G F
Carrying the Zealot gene, right or left, no in between,
G F G F
beware, beware the Zealot gene :
Naked flame near gasoline !
+ G - F - G - F (2x) - F + D# - B - A
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Jethro Tull)