Protection chords by Graham Parker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD E minorEm G+G E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 1:
E minorEm     D MajorD      G+G       C majorC
So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
A minorAm            C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head
E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G     C majorC
And all of those infected waiting to be collected
A minorAm              C majorC         G+G     D MajorD
I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice

CHORUS:
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC        G+G  D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G  D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G+G   C majorC  G+G   C majorC   G+G
Protection, protection

Verse 2:
E MajorE       D MajorD    G+G        C majorC
Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
A minorAm                   C majorC      G+G   D MajorD
And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
E minorEm     D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
A minorAm              C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station


CHORUS:
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G  D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G+G    C majorC  G+G  C majorC   G+G
Protection, protection

Verse 3:
E minorEm           G+G
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
A minorAm          C majorC
I don't know myself, I don't know you either
E minorEm           G+G
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
A minorAm            C majorC
I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother
 E minorEm               G+G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
A minorAm            C majorC
It's just the thought of someone
A minorAm            C majorC
It's just the thought of someone
 A minorAm           C majorC    E minorEm     G+G  E minorEm     G+G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in

Verse 4:
E minorEm    D MajorD         G+G        C majorC
So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey
A minorAm               C majorC          G+G     D MajorD
Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
E minorEm       D MajorD       G+G     C majorC
And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
A minorAm             C majorC         G+G    D MajorD
Happy hours come and gone much too short and much too long

CHORUS:
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
E minorEm       C majorC       G+G  D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G+G   C majorC  G+G  C majorC   D MajorD
Protection, protection

Verse 5:
E minorEm              C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
G+G    C majorC  G+G   C majorC G+G   C majorC  D MajorD
Protection protection protection
E minorEm               G+G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
A minorAm            C majorC    E minorEm     G+G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
G+G    C majorC G+G   C majorC
Protection protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C majorC
Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C majorC
Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide?
C majorC
You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection REPEAT AND FADE