Western Dream chords by New Model Army

🎸 Intro:
Em     D    C
         Oh oh oh oh
Em     C    D
Em     D    C
         Oh oh oh oh
Em     C    D



🎸 Verse 1:
Em                               D                   C
Gather round and listen and I'll tell you how's it's done
Em                                    C              D
How they manage to make idiots out of everyone
Em                                 D                C
Take a human population with their hunger and their pain
Em                               C                   D
And the weaknesses that cripple them again and again

Em   D   Em   D


🎸 Verse 2:
  Em                                D             C
Invent a splendid party where their dreams can be won
         Em                          C              D
And with bright flashing lights, the heartaches are gone
     Em                          D              C
With sex and with money and with everything for free
          Em                         C        D
Then show tantalising glimpses every night on TV


🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:
F#m                                 G
Watch the dirty hands that laboured hard for you
F#m                                G
Stretching out like children for a crumb that they can chew
       F#m                 G
Give a car and video and a little bit to spare
    Bm                              C#
And go on promising that more could all be theirs


🎸 Chorus:
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

Em

Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em   C    D
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em   C    D


🎸 Verse 3:
       Em                          D      C
The producer swears silently it cannot be heard
        Em                              C                D
And the camera crew are muttering those four letter words
 Em                           D             C
Another take is needed so the show can go on
       Em                      C           C
With a patronising smile and a popular song


🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:
     F#m                          G
They tell you when to laugh, they tell you when to cheer
       F#m                           G
So the audience at home will get the right idea
     F#m                               G
They watch like children left out of a playground gang
   Bm                               C#
Conforming their lives the way they hope will get them in


🎸 Chorus:
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream


🎸 Solo:
Em       D/F#      G       A
Em/B     D/A       G       D/F#

Em       D/F#      G       A
Em/B     D/A       G       D/F#


Em   D   Em   D   Em


Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em   C    D
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em   C    D


🎸 Verse 4:
   Em                                 D           C
It seems to me sometimes there's only two ways to choose
        Em                  C              D
In this whirlpool made of a thousands years
       Em                        D         C
Either live in these ghettos and know your place
       Em                           C          D
Or you trample over everyone in the human race


🎸 Pre-Chorus 3:
  F#m                        G
I wish we could find another way to go
            F#m                   G
Without the Ghost of Cain in everything we do
    F#m                           G
The bitterness in failure and the dirt in success
Bm                  C#
This is the choice, this is the choice


🎸 Chorus:
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream