Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Introduction:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G x2
🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel I'm drifting upon the sea
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel there's no land in front of me
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And sometimes I feel that I've lost where I've been
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
And there's no place left to go
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
It's hard to live when justice is a sham
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
And the poor man rarely wins
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
We talk about being clever in a nation of jerks
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
But we're really just the joke of the world
🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel like cutting my ties and going
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel I don't care about tomorrow
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And sometimes I feel like I'm living in a stricken land
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
And there's not many understand
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
I see a nation of rabble and thieves
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Consumed by greed and ignorance
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
I see lives of not much consequence
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Caught up in their own publicity
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Well it's one step forward and two steps back
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
How we gonna get anywhere?
🎸 Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G x3
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel like walking out in the desert
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel like turning my back forever
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And sometimes I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
And there's no answer anymore
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
For a man to live with honour and dignity
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
He has to have his rights respected
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Well how can he get that when his country rejects him?
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Where the hell does he start?
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
When there are no leaders but there's a lot of sheep
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
The great south land is getting bare
E minorEm D MajorD G+G G+G G+G G+G
Well how did it get there
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
Sometimes I feel like walking out in the desert