Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
E minorEm
Well I'm about to get upset from watching my TV
E minorEm
Checking out the news until my eyeballs fail to see
E minorEm
I mean to say that everyday is just another rotten mess
E minorEm
When's it going to change my friend is anybody's guess
Chorus:
A augmentedA
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin', hopin' for the best
A augmentedA BB
Think I'll even go to prayin' every time I hear them sayin'
E minorEm
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Verse 2:
E minorEm
Wednesday watched the riots, seen the bizzies on the street
E minorEm
I watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff and chokin' in the heat
E minorEm
I listened to reports about the whisky passin' 'round
E minorEm
Seen the smoke and fire and the market burnin' down
E minorEm
But while everybody in his street would take a turn
E minorEm
To stomp n' smash n' crash n' bash n' slash n' bust n' burn
Chorus:
A augmentedA
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin', hopin' for the best
BB
Think I'll even go to prayin' every time I hear them sayin'
E minorEm
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
There's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Verse 3:
E minorEm
Well, you can cool it, you can heat it cause, baby, I don't need it
E minorEm
Take your TV tube and eat it all that phony stuff on sports
E minorEm
You know I watched that rotten box until my head began to hurt
E minorEm
From checking out the way that they don't dig up the right dirt
E minorEm
And they’re selling out the people and further they assert
E minorEm
That they're totally transparent not complicit and absurd
E minorEm
With their pantomime neutrality distorting every word
Verse 4:
E minorEm
And they're rising on the right cos they're appealing to this side
E minorEm
Of a man to blame the poorest because he’s unsatisfied
E minorEm
Cos what the neoliberal program has left him for a life
E minorEm
Because the architects of policy have sold them a soundbite
E minorEm
No society, just family so as long as I’m alright
Chorus:
A augmentedA
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin', I'm hopin' for the best
BB
Think I'll go to prayin' every time I hear them sayin'
E minorEm
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Verse 5:
E minorEm
And they're rebelling our extinction, they’re making such a jam
E minorEm
They're stopping cars in London just to stick it to the man
E minorEm
Cos we gotta go cold turkey, gotta give up all that gas
E minorEm
Addicted to the fossil fuels but they ain’t gonna last
Verse 6:
E minorEm
And the scene is getting hotter, like the scientists foretell
E minorEm
And them cats up in the boardroom should be going straight to hell
E minorEm
The corporate institutions, the whole bloody cartel
E minorEm
Except the holy Church of England has still got them shares in Shell
Verse 7:
E minorEm
And they're cutting all the funding cos they're stripping back the state
E minorEm
Privatised policing, advertising hate
E minorEm
And their selling us a ticket to something that don't exist
E minorEm
And their cup that overflows is just filled up with hypocrites
Chorus:
A augmentedA
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin', I'm hopin' for the best
BB
Think I’ll even go to prayin' every time I hear them sayin'
E minorEm
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
E minorEm
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Outro:
E minorEm