Jeremiah Blues Part 1 chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
D MajorD        G+G
It was midnight, midnight at noon
D MajorD        G+G
Everyone talked in rhyme
D MajorD        G+G
Everyone saw the big clock ticking
D MajorD      FF   G+G
Nobody knew, nobody knew the time
D MajorD         G+G
Elegant debutantes smiled
D MajorD          G+G
Everyone fought for dimes
D MajorD            FF
Newspapers screamed for blood
E minorEm         B minorBm
It was the best of times

Chorus:
A minorAm                   FF
Every place around the world it seemed the same
A minorAm              FF
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
A minorAm         FF
Everybody wants to look the other way
A minorAm          FF
When something wicked this way comes
G minorGm          C majorC
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
A minorAm
Sometimes I stare
D MajorD
Sometimes it's me


Verse 2:
D MajorD         G+G
Everyone told the truth
D MajorD           G+G
All that we heard were lies
D MajorD               G+G
A augmentedA pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past
E minorEm        BB
This was a big surprise
D MajorD       G+G
Everyone fell in love
D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA cardinal's wife was jailed
D MajorD           FF   G+G
The government saved a dying planet
E minorEm         B minorBm
When popular icons failed


Chorus:
A minorAm                   FF
Every place around the world it seemed the same
A minorAm              FF
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
A minorAm         FF
Everybody wants to look the other way
A minorAm          FF
When something wicked this way comes


Outro:
G minorGm          C majorC
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
A minorAm         DmDm
Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me
A minorAm         DmDm