Intro + Verse Chorus + Bridge + Outro
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C5 x355xx A# x1333x (first time and third time)
D5 x577xx C x3555x
Dm x5776x
A# x8876x (second time)
[Intro]
C5 D5
C5 D5
C5 D5
C5 D5
[Verse 1]
C5 D5
Eighties people dancing, oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, always get it right
C5 D5
I'd listen but I can't tonight, I can't tonight, I can't tonight
C5 D5
Well it's something that you do to get it right
C5 D5
End up reviled for it, yeah that's the thanks I get
[Chorus 1] (see chord definition above for different A# shapes)
A# C
I don't understand
Dm A#
Your fucked-up system, this sinister city
A# C
Try to sell the water, try to sell the air
Dm
Try to sell your daughter, try to sell her hair
[Verse 2]
C5 D5
C5 D5
We all want to watch the fight, is it on Sunday?
C5 D5
Hide in a hole with a gun in your hand in front of someone you want dead
C5 D5
I guess, hiding in your suit
[Solo]
C5 D5
C5 D5
[Verse 3]
C5 D5
I did not know that, they're bringing me back to my past
C5 D5
I got my head in my hand, I got my head in my-, I- I got my head in my hand
C5 D5
I got my head in-, I got my head in-, it's just something that you do to get it right
C5 D5
End up reviled for it, yeah that's the thanks I get
[Chorus 2] (see chord definition above for different A# shapes)
A# C
Jail, that's what you get
Dm A#
Stepping to the system, profiting from war
A# C
Fighting as the victim, always wanting more
Dm A#
Trying to trick your brothers, get them to fight it for ya
[Bridge]
A#
I cannot believe my eyes
C
Darling I can tell you lies
Dm
Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago
Dm
I don't know geography all that well
[Outro]
A# C
Yeahhh, yeah
Dm A#
Defying Western logic, even if it shows you're wrong
A# C
I guess that's a classic, been with us all along
D5 C5