The Perfect Bomb chords by Tom Paxton

• Capo on 4th

Key: F#

🎸 Verse:
D            A
Some friends and I have worked
       G      D
for years in deepest secrecy
D
The work went on around the clock and
E      A
I look for a treat
D
We've built the perfect
G             A
weapon, we're unveiling it today
  D         G
It turns the tanks to butter,
    D   A  D
but the people walk away.

🎸 Chorus:
D      A
Oh The bomb, the bomb,
  G             D
we finally built the perfect bomb
D
It's impossible to stop,
   E        A
I can hardly wait to drop
D     A
The bomb, the bomb,
  G         D
we finally built the perfect bomb
G           A
I'll tell you what I'm counting on,
  D A  D
the bomb, the bomb

🎸 Verse:
D
The blast extends for
A      G       D
miles and it doesn't harm a soul
A                 E    A
Every missile warhead turns into a lump of coal
D           G
The guns all turn to licorice,
            D
the knives all break in two
D              E
The grenades are filled with flowers,
    A         D
colored red and white and Blue.

🎸 Chorus:
D      A
Oh The bomb, the bomb,
  G             D
we finally built the perfect bomb
D
It's impossible to stop,
   E        A
I can hardly wait to drop
D     A
The bomb, the bomb,
  G         D
we finally built the perfect bomb
G           A
I'll tell you what I'm counting on,
  D A  D
the bomb, the bomb

🎸 Verse:
D
The wonders of our
A           G      D
perfect bomb are very strange to tell
D
It doesn't only change the guns,
  E         A
it changes hearts as well
D       G        E      A
An instant of exposure to its penetrating ray
D             E   A   D
Will turn a Yassar Arafat into a Danny Kay

🎸 Chorus:
D      A
Oh The bomb, the bomb,
  G             D
we finally built the perfect bomb
D
It's impossible to stop,
   E        A
I can hardly wait to drop
D     A
The bomb, the bomb,
  G         D
we finally built the perfect bomb
G           A
I'll tell you what I'm counting on,
  D A  D
the bomb, the bomb

🎸 Verse:
D
But perhaps its greatest feature,
  G    D
its happiest surprise
D
Is the way our perfect weapon
E            A
searches out the meanest lies
D        A
It captures them completely,
  G         D
and before the bomb is through
D                A     D
Every word a politician says is absolutely true

🎸 Outro:
D      A
Oh The bomb, the bomb,
  G             D
we finally built the perfect bomb
D
It's impossible to stop,
   E        A
I can hardly wait to drop
D     A
The bomb, the bomb,
  G         D
we finally built the perfect bomb
G           A
I'll tell you what I'm counting on,
  D A  D
the bomb, the bomb
G           A
I'll tell you what I'm counting on,
  D A  D
the bomb, the bomb