BRAVE NEW WORLD Open G tuning – Key of D I have got a story though it’s really nothing new I have squandered my resistance, so I know what I must do Working any job that comes my way Working any job that doesn’t pay 2. Yes I take my pleasures where I find them when I can Cuz there’s only so much pleasure offered to a working man Every day’s the same as that just past Hoping every day will be the last CHORUS Why do I pray for the end of the day? Why do I stay the same way as I started? Am I to blame when tomorrow’s the same? Who knows? Sure not me. 3. I show up to work; nothing more, and nothing less How I’m s’pposed to live on that is anybody’s guess (They said) “How can you ask for more you got your nerve. Folks like you just get what you deserve.” 4. My folks were dignified, and we had pride but we were poor Somehow I gave my children less than what I had before Every time the ink goes in their skin They’re crying to the world “I am somebody!” CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE 5. Once upon a time and long ago and far away I hear people stuck together and got things to go their way Now I know what everybody sees (There’s) no place at the table left for me 6. Now you’ve heard my story, and I do believe it’s true (When you’ve got) nothing left to lose there’s really nothing you can’t do Now I see what everybody knows Silence really like a cancer grows CHORUS Why do I pray for the end of the day? Why do I stay the same way as I started? Am I to blame when tomorrow’s the same? Who knows? Sure not me Who can I blame when tomorrow’s the same? No one, no one but me Am I to blame when tomorrow’s the same? No one knows that but me c). 2015 Toby Hill Tunes

I SHALL BE FREE No. 709 KEY OF E Open G tuning 1. Now I am just a regular guy No more to me than meets the eye I got a white guy’s house with a white guy’s yard All my neighbors are white and we work real hard I live in a gated community I like it for the security You come to the gate they give me a page The guardhouse guy gets minimum wage I lock all the windows, deadbolt the door Set the alarm and enjoy my decor It’s a place where I can feel really free Where everyone is just like me Nice mix of people, some I adore Some I don’t like, but nobody’s poor 2. I’ve got an 85 inch flat screen TV In every room in my house you see 300 channels, it’s quite an array I leave ‘em all tuned to Fox News every day I confess that I like it, it scares me to death With its endless parade of zombie shibboleths I feel their indignity, love how they holler It’s your best entertainment bang for the dollar You want to tell me that that stuff isn’t true But I know that it is so the joke is on you! 3. Now I’m Libertarian to a degree I think everybody should be free To get for themselves and be self-reliant You think you don’t like it just wait till you try it! You earn it you’ll keep it, isn’t that fair? The fittest survive and nobody shares Nothing has ever been handed to me And we’ve all got the same opportunity The only thing stopping you, holding you in Is the color of your culture not the color of your skin Hard work, faith, dedication and luck What more do you need to be making a buck? 4. We’re in a new enlightened era for sure Where nobody must check their guns at the door With freedom so real you can just about taste it If anything gets in your way you just waste it Everyone must have the right to protection You gotta protect yourself from those protectin’ Themselves from the ones who won’t protect themselves at all Wait, I see a dark shadow at the end of the hall I’m comin’ out blastin’ hope I hit someone Thank god I had the good sense to buy this gun 5. So that’s my story – and I’ve had it all wrong There ain’t no money in singing a song I’m gonna run for office “Vote for me!” I’ll tell ya how it’s gonna be If you ask for food stamps you’re gonna get tested Pee in the cup or we’ll have you arrested. Don’t have your papers? Then you’ll be deported Pregnant in trouble? It won’t be aborted I’m only carrying out the will of the master Listen to me or you flirt with disaster Do what I say and someday you’ll be free Of everything except….people like me! ### © 2015 Toby Hill Tunes. All rights reserved.

SEVEN DAYS A WEEK Key of G Open G tuning Love is won the hard way It matters how you play Love is won the wrong way It matters what you say Love is won the long way A little every day, each day Seven days a week 2). Love is such a hard game It matters what you keep Love is like a card game You read ‘em and you weep Love is such an odd game That I can’t hardly sleep, oh no BRIDGE She just opened my eyes I got a surprise When she made me see She’s got hold of my mind It’s so unkind what’s she’s doin’ to me 3). Love did me the wrong way And got me by degrees Love hit me a strong way I’m beggin’ darlin’ please Love took me a long way It brought me to my knees, oh no Seven days a week BRIDGE 4). Love is such a hard game It matters what you keep Love is like a card game You read ‘em and you weep Love is such an odd game That I can’t hardly sleep, oh no That I can’t hardly sleep, oh no BEAT Seven days a week Seven days a week © 2015 Toby Hill Tunes. All rights reserved.

WHAT WE’RE AFRAID OF Key of C Open G tuning When you’re a child and wake up everyday To a big world that wishes you’d just go away Does it fill you with sadness and pain? And make you ashamed of your name? When you’re a man feeling under attack Simply for walking and talking while back In the day they said so much was gained Can you keep your emotions contained? CHORUS When do we stop building fences? And come to our senses? We show what we’re made of by what we’re afraid of. People aren’t problems you don’t fix or solve them And everything’s hard for the change 2. When you are born welcomed into the club Is it easy to feel that you’re better than some? Do you find you can live with the stain? When you haven’t a cause to complain? When you are old do you just close your eyes To a future without you ya don’t recognize? Do you fight to keep the world all your own? When it’s the only world you’ve known? CHORUS When do we stop building fences? And come to our senses? We show what we’re made of by what we’re afraid of. People aren’t problems you don’t fix or solve them And everything’s hard for the change BRIDGE One friend looking for another What friend is good without the other one? 3. Jesus closed early, he poured out the cup Cuz the ghost of Huck Finn’s dad just wouldn’t shut up “It’s too hard to sell mercy and change When they’re praying you’ll keep things the same.” Mr. Invisible raised up his hand Said “There is one thing I don’t understand If all the people must be free How much more “people“ must I be?” CHORUS When do we stop building fences? And come to our senses? You show what you’re made of by what you’re afraid of. People aren’t problems you don’t fix or solve them And everything’s hard for the change One simple notion can put things in motion And everything’s hard for the change ### c). 2015 Toby Hill Tunes

TALKIN’ BIG CHILL BLUES KEY OF A OPEN G TUNING CHORUS Hey – it’s been so good to me Honey now I’m starting to see That it’s not all it’s cracked up to be 1. We marched in the streets and protested the war Fought racism, sexism – chose to be poor Tried Buddhism, Zen, TM, LSD Played guitars in the stars and vowed to stay free Confounded our elders wanted none of their biz Something’s happening but they don’t know what it is 2. Woodstock, Altamont, it comes to a head Got the riots and the bombings and the four students dead Heroin, speed, disband and disperse Nixon gets reelected, man, it couldn’t get worse You’re either part of the problem or you’re the solution And don’t put your faith in the old institutions CHORUS Hey – it’s been so good to me Honey I’m beginning to see That it’s not all it’s cracked up to be 3. “If I’m not for me then who will be? And if not now, when?” Well, it’s easy to see That by 1980 there’s a new set of rules Now the winner is the guy with the most greater fools Got a wife, gotta work, so it’s understood Goodbye “Peace & Love” and hello “Greed Is Good” 4. Soon I had a Mercedes, next day a McMansion Now how is that not economic expansion? Come home late each night, kids already in bed Look down and my voter card’s all stamped in red Is it good for the planet? Hell, I dunno But I’m gettin’ ahead and it’s startin’ to show CHORUS Hey – it’s been so good to me Honey I’m beginning to see That it’s not all it’s cracked up to be 5. Hello wife number 2, hello kid number 4 If I worked any more I’d be dead on the floor It’s winner take all game, don’t be a putz See how they pay teachers? You’d have to be nuts To do that for a living, so all praise the Savior And reward ourselves for our bad behavior 6. When you hold the door open for guys like us You’re throwing you’re own future under a bus But ya held us high as a shining example ‘cause you knew in your hearts you were willing to trample On your neighbors and friends if it filled up your purse You’re just pissed that you didn’t think of it first CHORUS Hey – it’s been so good to me Honey I’m beginning to see That it’s not all it’s cracked up to be 7. My country has really asked nothing of me Since June 30, 1973 I’ve plundered its bounties, looted its store And then had the chutzpah to come back for more My son’s out of work again and called to discuss He said “Thanks, old man, you left nothing for us.” 8. We were bright young kids full of thrills and excitement Now we’re old, full of pills, under threat of indictment Can’t step out to see it we’re so deep inside it All the booze and the antidepressants can’t hide it You get a mighty big chill right down to your bones The day you realize that YOU have become Mr. Jones CHORUS Babe – you look so good to me Honey now I’m starting to see That I’m not all I’m cracked up to be c). 2015 Toby Hill Tunes