Don't Hold Your Breath chords by Dave Dobbyn

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm   E minor 7Em7
E minorEm   D MajorD

Verse 1:
E minorEm
The biggest companies in the world in conference
D MajorD        C majorC
in Geneva by the lakeside
E minorEm              D MajorD         C majorC
Warm smiles friendly faces- Peace proposals in briefcases
E minorEm
Lines of borders on the map on the table
D MajorD         C majorC
They replace with dotted lines
E minorEm
We read about it in free newspapers
D MajorD           C majorC
Then they started to unwind
E minorEm
Within a week all the refugees of the world
D MajorD         C majorC
Lived in five-star hotels
E minorEm                D MajorD       C majorC
Twenty-four hour room-service- free telephone- no bills
E minorEm                  D MajorD       C majorC
And the trucks got through to Africa- into Eritrea and the Sudan
E minorEm                D MajorD
Laden down with western surplus- it served it's purpose
C majorC           E minorEm
Eased a conscience or two

Chorus:
     C majorC   D*      G+G              C majorC
She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
C majorC   D*         E minorEm
Don't hold out while it's sounding so good
C majorC   D*         G+G            C majorC
Don't fool around when what you believe could come true
C majorC   D*    E minorEm    C majorC  D*    E minorEm
Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath

Interlude:
E minorEm   E minor 7Em7
E minorEm   D MajorD

Verse 2:
E minorEm
US congress voted Texas back to the Mexicans
D MajorD         C majorC
California to the Jews
E minorEm
Huge tracts of Arizona to the Navajo
D MajorD       C majorC
Nevada to the Sioux
E minorEm               D MajorD           C majorC
The twelve tribes of Israel got down in Gaza for the last time
E minorEm                   D MajorD        C majorC   D MajorD
By the time they got to the West Bank- baby- it was Palestine
E minorEm
The French stopped nuking the Pacific
D MajorD           C majorC
They planted trees in Brazil instead
E minorEm                    D MajorD
And they made Antarctica a world park- baby
      C majorC
Plenty of ozone above your head

Chorus:
     C majorC   D*      G+G              C majorC
She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
C majorC   D*         E minorEm
Don't hold out while it's sounding so good
C majorC   D*         G+G            C majorC
Don't fool around when what you believe could come true
C majorC   D*    E minorEm    C majorC  D*    E minorEm
Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath

Bridge:
G/BG/B    C majorC     A/C#A/C#       D MajorD
All of my innocence long since turned to dust
G/BG/B    C majorC     A/C#A/C#         D MajorD
I carry my cynicsm- like a tourist with a camera

Verse 3:
   E minorEm              D MajorD         C majorC
Yeah! You and me my sweet darling- we'll grow old with grace
E minorEm                  D MajorD    C majorC
And our children will grow up in the valley of love
E minorEm                D MajorD         C majorC
They'll be so damn well educated- they'll be so well informed
E minorEm
And we'll sit back with our arms folded
D MajorD          C majorC
Watch 'em change it! Watch it burn!

Outro:
     C majorC   D*      G+G              C majorC
She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
C majorC   D*    E minorEm    C majorC   D*    E minorEm
Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath
C majorC   D*    E minorEm    C majorC   D*    E minorEm
Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath