Oxygen Chords

Probably the simplest way to play this song. I only put this up because it looks like no one has put up the
chords for the middle 8 and because everyone puts the last chord of the verse as an A when I'm pretty sure
it's B then B7 (sounds better to my ear anyway)
 
[Verse 1]
A
I wanna be better than oxygen
A                                                        C#m
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
C#m
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
C#m                                                  E
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
E
I wanna be cooler than TV
E                                                         A
For all the kids that are wondering what they're going to be
A
We can be stronger than bombs
A                                                       C#m
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
C#m
We can be richer than industry
C#m                                                            E
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
E
We can speak louder than ignorance
E                                               B    B7
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet
 
 
[Chorus]
E             C#m
On and on and on it goes
      A                    Am
The world it just keeps spinning
E               C#m
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
     A                    Am          E
So close my eyes and start again anew
 
 
[Verse 2]
A
I wanna see through all the lies of society
A                                 C#m
To the reality, happiness is at stake
C#m
I wanna hold up my head with dignity
C#m                                              E
Proud of a life where to give means more than to take
E
I wanna live beyond the modern mentality
E                                                 A
Where paper is all that you're really taught to create
A
Do you remember the forgotten America?
A                                    C#m
Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
C#m
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
C#m                                        E
Makeup and hair to the truth behind every face
E
Then look around to all the people you see
E                                A
How many of them are happy and free?
A
I know it sounds like a dream
A                                                   C#m
But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
C#m
I know it's hard to believe
C#m                                              E
But it's easy to see that something here isn't right
E
I know the future looks dark
E                                                     B       B7
But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light
 
 
[Chorus]
E             C#m
On and on and on it goes
      A                    Am
The world it just keeps spinning
E               C#m
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
     A                    Am          E
So close my eyes and start again anew
 
 
[middle 8]
E                          F#m    A
If I'm afraid to catch a dream
A
I'll weave your baskets and
      E                           F#m    A
I'll float them down the river stream
C#m                              A
Each one I weave with words I speak
A                         E
To carry love to your relief
 
 
[Verse 3]
A
I wanna be better than oxygen
A                                                        C#m
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
C#m
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
C#m                                                  E
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
E
I wanna be cooler than TV
E                                                         A
For all the kids that are wondering what they're going to be
A
We can be stronger than bombs
A                                                       C#m
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
C#m
We can be richer than industry
C#m                                                            E
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
E
We can speak louder than ignorance
E                                               B    B7
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet
 
 
[Chorus]
E             C#m
On and on and on it goes
      A                    Am
The world it just keeps spinning
E               C#m
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
     A                    Am          E
So close my eyes and start again anew
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