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Song title:       When We Refuse To Suffer
Original Album:	  Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 2007 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
There are two versions of this, in different keys and with different lyrics, 
on the album. This is the first you'll find: Track #8.
The Track #12 version follows after. Enjoy!


VERSE:
                  A       B                   C#m
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                    A             B              E
Your life becomes a bore and your suffering even more

                  A       B                   C#m
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                 A             B                    F#m  B    E
You're sufferin' more and your life gets boring and cra- cra- cra-


[Play: E  F#  A  G#  E

       A  G   F#  E]


VERSE:
                  A       B                   C#m
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
          A
We suffer more, 
          B                                              C#m
It's like air-conditioning, when we should be out in the summertime


VERSE:
                  A       B                   C#m
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                       A             B               E
That's when the Prozac wins and your body is feelin' loose
                  E                           E
Well, we're gonna cheat the feelin' and think that's alright
    A                                B
But Mother Nature's gonna school us...
                     A                         B              C#m   A   B
...When we refuse to suffer, when we refuse to feel, we can't win...

      E
Boys, tell 'em!


VERSE:
                  A       B                   C#m
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                     A
That's when we can't win
           B                             E
'Cause our whole body will have the last laugh


[after last chord on "laugh", end on an arpeggioed A and E]



CHORDS:
A     577655
B     799877 or 224442
C#m   446654
E     022100
F#m   244222

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Track #12 Version
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VERSE:
                  G       A                   Bm
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                              G            A                     D
That's when the air-freshener wins and the weeds, the wild weeds lose


VERSE:
When we refuse to suffer, when we refuse to feel
That's when the anti-depressant wins and the fresh air, and the world, lose


[Guitar SOLO]


VERSE:
When we refuse to suffer, when we refuse to feel
That's when Lake Wildwood wins and the wild weeds lose


VERSE:
When we refuse to suffer, when we refuse to feel
That's when the air-conditioning wins and the Moon, outside, is the loser


BRIDGE:
     Bm                          
Ooh,    when we refuse to feel, when we refuse to suffer,
                                               G
We think we are cheatin' and winning but we're not,
             A                    D
We don't get anywhere, we pay the price


[Guitar SOLO]


VERSE:
                  G       A                   Bm
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                              G            A          D
That's when the air-freshener wins and the real winds lose
                  G       A                   Bm
When we refuse to suffer,   when we refuse to feel
                                        G [arpeggioed]
That's when the indoor fake-world wins,
                                      A [arpeggioed]
when the anti-depressant lozenge wins,
                     C C# D Eb      D
When the Prozac pill   wins and you lose


CHORDS:
G     355433
A     577655
Bm    224432
D     557775
C     335553
C#    446664
Eb    668886