Media chords by John Butler Trio

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Bb Gm Bb Gm



🎸 Verse:

Bb             Gm
What you watch, what you read
Bb                Gm
What you percieve is to be truth
Bb                 Gm
It is all so subjective
Bb                           Gm
So what you believe is up to you
             Bb             Gm
But what are we to believe in
                 Bb             Gm
Between the lies and the truth? Youth
   Bb                Gm
Media has vested interest
              Bb             F
So what you believe is up to you.

🎸 Chorus:

                                   Gm
But how are we to make sense of these turbulent times
F                           Gm
When all they do is censor our minds
F                               Gm
Only telling what they want us to know
F                      Gm
Only half of the story told


🎸 Verse 2:

Bb              Gm
So what is wrong? What is right?
Bb                  Gm
No truth can there be seen
Bb            Gm                     Bb
Well it's all there in your new religion
             Gm      bb
Just turn on your TV screen
                  Gm                    Bb
Watch the sex and drugs and all that violence
              Gm
Look what they are feeding you
Bb    Gm              Bb
Propaganda yes indeed its,
        Gm
its all there to confuse


🎸 Chorus 2:

                                   Gm
But how are we to make sense of these turbulent times
F                           Gm
When all they do is censor our minds
F                               Gm
Only telling what they want us to know
F                      Gm
Only half of the story told


🎸 Bridge:

           Dm             C
And if the truth can't be found
            Bb         Gm
I'll find my own underground
           Dm                C
And if the truth is never to be seen
            Bb       Gm
I'll find my own in between


🎸 Interlude:

Dm C Bb Gm
Dm C Bb Gm
Bb Gm Bb Gm


🎸 Verse 3:

Bb            Gm
What you watch, what you read
Bb               Gm         Bb
What you percieve is to be truth
      Gm           Bb
It is all so subjective
            Gm               Bb
So what you believe is up to you
             Gm            Bb
But what are we to believe in
                     Gm
Between the lies and the truth?
Bb Gm                Bb
Media has vested interest
              Gm             Bb      Gm
So what you believe is up to you you
          Bb  Gm
Its up to you
                   Bb     Gm
You know its up to you
          Bb Gm
its up to you what I say is
Bb                Gm
Don't believe the lies
                  Bb
Don't believe the lies
                  Gm
Don't believe the lies

read between the lines,

Bb                Gm
Don't believe the lies
                  Bb
Don't believe the lies
                  Gm
Don't believe the lies

Critically analyse
Bb                Gm
Don't believe the lies
                  Bb
Don't believe the lies
                  Gm
Don't believe the lies

read between the lines,

Bb                Gm
Don't believe the lies
                  Bb
Don't believe the lies
                  Gm
Don't believe the lies

Critically analyse