Consequence Free

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Na na-na, na-na ne-a na naa,
Ho, Na na-na na-na ne-a na.

Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended,
And wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind?
I have always said all the rules are made for bending,
And if I let my hair down would that be such a crime?

I wanna be consequence free.
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter.
I wanna be consequence free.
Just sing, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.
I said, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.

I could really use to lose my Catholic conscience,
'Cause I'm getting sick of feeling guilty all the time;
And I won't abuse it, yeah, I've got the best intentions,
For a little bit of anarchy, but not the hurting kind.

I wanna be consequence free.
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter.
I wanna be consequence free.
Just sing, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.
I said, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.

I couldn't sleep at all last night,
'Cause I had so much on my mind;
I'd like to leave it all behind,
But you know it's not that easy.
Ohhh, for just one night.

Wouldn't it be great if the band just never ended?
We could stay out late and we would never hear last call;
We wouldn't need to worry about approval or permission,
We could slip off the edge and never worry about the fall.
(Worry about the fall.)

I wanna be consequence free.
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter.
I wanna be consequence free.
Just sing, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.
I said, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.
Ho, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.
Ho, Na na-na na-na ne-a na naaa.

####.... Alan Doyle and Séan McCann of Great Big Sea (Turn, 1999)

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Chord shapes:
[Aadd9/E] = 0,7,7,6,0,0
[Badd11/E] = 0,9,9,8,0,0

Intro:
Na na-na, na-na ne-a na [E] naa. [B] [A] [B]
Ho, [E] Na [Badd11/E] na-na [Aadd9/E] na-na [Badd11/E] ne-a [E] na.

(Guitar Riff)

[E] Wouldn't it be [Badd11/E] great if no one [Aadd9/E] ever got [Badd11/E] offended,
And [E] wouldn't it be [Badd11/E] great to say what's [Aadd9/E] really on your [Badd11/E] mind?
[E] I have always [Badd11/E] said, all the [Aadd9/E] rules are made for [Badd11/E] bending,
And [E] if I let my [Badd11/E] hair down would [Aadd9/E] that be such a [Badd11/E] crime?

[E] I could really [Badd11/E] use to [Aadd9/E] lose my Catholic [Badd11/E] conscience,
[E] 'Cause I'm getting [Badd11/E] sick of feeling [Aadd9/E] guilty all the [Badd11/E] time;
[E] And I won't a- [Badd11/E] buse it, yeah, I've [Aadd9/E] got the best in- [Badd11/E] tentions,
For a [E] little bit of [Badd11/E] anarchy, but [Aadd9/E] not the hurting [Badd11/E] kind.

Bridge:
[A] I couldn't [E] sleep at all last [C#m] night,
'Cause I had [B] so much on my [A] mind;
[A] I'd like to [E] leave it all be- [C#m] hind,
But you [B] know it's not that [A] easy.
[B] Ohhh, (whispered) for just one night.

[E] Wouldn't it be [Badd11/E] great if the [Aadd9/E] band just never [Badd11/E] ended?
[E] We could stay out [Badd11/E] late and we would [Aadd9/E] never hear [Badd11/E] last call;
[E] We wouldn't need to [Badd11/E] worry about ap- [Aadd9/E] proval or per- [Badd11/E] mission,
We could [E] slip off the edge [Badd11/E] and never [Aadd9/E] worry about the [Badd11/E] fall.
(Worry [Badd11/E] about the fall.)

Chorus:
[Aadd9/E] I wanna [Badd11/E] be [E] consequence [C#m] free.
[Aadd9/E] I wanna [Badd11/E] be where [C#m] nothing needs to [Badd11/E] matter.
[Aadd9/E] I wanna [Badd11/E] be [E] consequence [C#m] free.
Just sing, [E] Na [Badd11/E] na-na [Aadd9/E] na-na [Badd11/E] ne-a na [E] naaa. [E] [Badd11/E] [Aadd9/E] [Badd11/E]
I said, [E] Na [Badd11/E] na-na [Aadd9/E] na-na [Badd11/E] ne-a na [E] naaa. [E] [Badd11/E] [Aadd9/E] [Badd11/E]
Ho, [E] Na [Badd11/E] na-na [Aadd9/E] na-na [Badd11/E] ne-a na [E] naaa. [E] [Badd11/E] [Aadd9/E] [Badd11/E]
Ho, [E] Na [Badd11/E] na-na [Aadd9/E] na-na [Badd11/E] ne-a na [E] naaa. [Badd11/E] [Aadd9/E] [Badd11/E]

Mandolin Riff for Guitar:
|--7-7-----7-----------------------|
|------10-------7-7--10--9p7--7\5--|
|-------------9--------------------|
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~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~