Ballad Of A Politician chords by Regina Spektor

Intro:
  Cm            Fm              Ab               D
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 Cm             Ab
This is how it happens
     G              Cm
Our carefully laid plans


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

Verse 2:
     Cm      Ab       Fm
You love so deep, so tender
      Cm               D
Your people and your land
     Cm                   Ab
You love them until they can't recall
 G            Cm
Who they are again


Verse 3:
 Cm               Ab
Work it, work it baby
           Bb              Eb
Work your way around that room
         Cm             Ab
You're going to make it big some day
         G              Cm
You're going to make a boom


Verse 4:
      Cm
But I am

But I am
      Ab        Bb            Eb
But I am not a number, not a name
    Cm
But I am

But I am
    Ab      G              Cm
But I am a carefully laid plan


Verse 5:
Cm                      Ab
  Shake what your mama gave you
     Bb                 Eb
You know that it won't last
Cm                           Ab
  You're going to taste the ground real soon
         G                 Cm
You're going to taste the grass


Bridge:
  Cm            Fm              Ab               D
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 Cm             Ab
This is how it happens
     G             Cm
Our world under command


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


Outro:
Cm                           Ab
   You're going to make us scream someday
         G              Cm