In their native South Africa, there’s no rock band bigger than The Parlotones. The Johannesburg-bred quartet have headlined the 20,000-seater Coca Cola Dome in their hometown in 2009, performed at the World Cup Kickoff Concert to an audience of a billion in 2010, and were handpicked by Coldplay to open the British band’s stadium shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2011. Also last year, The Parlotones staged an original rock theater production
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
NOTES: -C7 is exactly like C but you lift up your first finger. -High F is exactly the same as barre chord E but in fret 8 -Likewise, high G is exactly the same as barre chord E but in fret 10.
Intro: C, C7, Am, G x2 CC7AmG Sip it slowly sweetness sometimes tempts us into the silly CC7AmG Choked by cherry chocolate charm in a chariot of phony
AmE Have we been fooled? (x2) AmGC What, oh what are we to do?
FAm Should we fight back? CF Or should we just swallow our pride? GC We won't use violence, we'll try not to break too many hearts
AmF We're idealistic but we're also afraid FAm Should we fight back? F Or should we just swallow our pride?
C, C7, Am, G (x2)
Same chords for the next verse and chorus
Follow through the snow, the glow, to the golden city
Swallow our frowns, we'll leave here proud from this island filled with pity
Have we been fooled?
What, oh what are we to do?
Should we fight back? Or should we just swallow our pride? We won't use violence, we'll try not to break too many hearts We're idealistic but we're also afraid Should we fight back? Or should we just swallow our ...
Bridge: (I suggest you play all of these as barre chords)
CEF [high] G# [high] Pride in who we are and this battle will be won CEF [high] G [high] In dreams we're invincible, we taste victory in our tongues F [high] EG [high] The messiah from the Transkei, born to inspire
Should we fight back? Or should we just swallow our pride? We won't use violence, we'll try not to break too many hearts We're idealistic but we're also afraid Should we fight back? Or should we just swallow our pride?