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