North Sea Bubble Chords

Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: C# F# G# (x2) Verse 1: C# F# G# I went out drinking with Thomas Paine C# F# G# He said that all revolutions are not the same A G E They are as different as the cultures A G B That give them birth A G E For no one idea F# G# Can solve every problem on Earth Verse 2: C# F# G# So don't expect it all to happen C# F# G# In some prophesied political fashion A G E For people are different A G B And so are nations A G E You can borrow ideas F# G# But you can't borrow situations

Verse 3: C# F# G# In Leningrad the people say C# F# G# Perestroika can be explained this way A G E The people who told us A G B That two and two is ten A G E Are now trying to tell us F# G# That two and two is five [Instrumental] C# F# G# (x2) A B C# Outro: C# F# G# We're living in a North Sea Bubble C# F# G# We're trying to spend our way out of trouble C# F# G# You keep buying these things but you don't need them C# F# G# But as long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom C# F# G# My American friends don't know what to do C# F# G# But they'll wait a long time for a Beverley Hills coup C# F# G# We're living in a North Sea Bubble C# F# G# We're trying to spend our way out of trouble C# F# G# War! What is it good for? It's good for business C# F# G# (x3) C# C# C# C#