Pollution chords by Tom Lehrer

Chords with lyrics

Calypso Style


C majorC       G7G7
If you visit A-merican City,
         C majorC
you will find it very pretty.
C7C7              FF    F#dimF#dim
Just two things of which you must be-ware,
C majorC        C#dimC#dim   G7G7        C majorC
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air.


  A minorAm     G+G        FF          E MajorE
Pol-lution, Pol-lution, They got smog and sewage and mud,
FF      C majorC      G7G7          C majorC   G7G7
Turn on your tap, to get hot and cold running crud

C majorC
See the Halibuts
G7G7
And the Sturgeons
        C majorC
Being wiped out by detergeons
      A minorAm    Dm7Dm7     G7G7
Fish gotta swim, and birds gotta fly.
  c     C#dimC#dim   G7G7   C majorC
But they don't last long if they try.


  A minorAm     G+G        FF          E MajorE
Pol-lution, pol-lution, You can use the latest tooth-paste
  FF        C majorC      G7G7     C majorC
And then rinse your mouth, with in-dustrial waste.

C majorC         G7G7
Just go out for a breath of air,
            C majorC
And you'll be ready for Medicare.
  C7C7           FF    F#dimF#dim
The city streets are really quite a thrill,
    C majorC      C#dimC#dim      G7G7   C majorC
If the hoods don't get you, the mo-noxide will.

  A minorAm     G+G       FF       E MajorE
Pol-lution, pol-lution, wear a gas mask and a veil.
FF      C majorC        G7G7      C majorC
Then you can breathe, long as you don't in-hale.

C majorC             G7G7
Lots of things there that you can drink,
            C majorC
But stay away from the kitchen sink.
   C7C7            FF   F#dimF#dim
Throw out your garbage and I've got a hunch.
  C majorC     C#dimC#dim   G7G7      C majorC
The folks downstream will drink it for lunch.

  A minorAm    G+G       FF      E MajorE
So go to the city, see the crazy people there,
   FF      C majorC     FF E minorEm DmDm C majorC A minorAm
Like lambs to the slaughter,
    FF   E minorEm DmDm C majorC A minorAm
They're drink-ing the wa-ter
  Dm7Dm7    G7G7 C majorC
And breathing the air.