Ballad Of A Politician chords by Regina Spektor

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
 C minorCm      F minorFm       AbAb        D MajorD
A augmentedA man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 C minorCm       AbAb
This is how it happens
   G+G       C minorCm
Our carefully laid plans


Verse 1:
 C minorCm         AbAb
Shake it, shake it baby
      G+G        C minorCm
Shake your ass out in that street
     C minorCm        AbAb
You're going to make 'em scream someday
    G+G        C minorCm
You're going to make it big

Verse 2:
   C minorCm   AbAb    F minorFm
You love so deep, so tender
   C minorCm        D MajorD
Your people and your land
   C minorCm          AbAb
You love them until they can't recall
 G+G      C minorCm
Who they are again


Verse 3:
 C minorCm        AbAb
Work it, work it baby
      Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Work your way around that room
     C minorCm       AbAb
You're going to make it big some day
     G+G       C minorCm
You're going to make a boom


Verse 4:
   C minorCm
But I am

But I am
   AbAb    Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
But I am not a number, not a name
  C minorCm
But I am

But I am
  AbAb   G+G       C minorCm
But I am a carefully laid plan

Verse 5:
C minorCm           AbAb
 Shake what your mama gave you
   Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
You know that it won't last
C minorCm              AbAb
 You're going to taste the ground real soon
     G+G         C minorCm
You're going to taste the grass


Bridge:
 C minorCm      F minorFm       AbAb        D MajorD
A augmentedA man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 C minorCm       AbAb
This is how it happens
   G+G       C minorCm
Our world under command


Verse 6:
 C minorCm         AbAb
Shake it, shake it baby
      G+G        C minorCm
Shake your ass out in that street
     C minorCm        AbAb
You're going to make us scream someday
    G+G        C minorCm
You're going to make us weak


Outro:
C minorCm              AbAb
  You're going to make us scream someday
     G+G       C minorCm