Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G
It was midnight, midnight at noon
D MajorD G+G
Everyone talked in rhyme
D MajorD G+G
Everyone saw the big clock ticking
D MajorD FF G+G
Nobody knew, nobody knew the time
D MajorD G+G
Elegant debutantes smiled
D MajorD G+G
Everyone fought for dimes
D MajorD FF
Newspapers screamed for blood
E minorEm B minorBm
It was the best of times
Chorus:
A minorAm FF
Every place around the world it seemed the same
A minorAm FF
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
A minorAm FF
Everybody wants to look the other way
A minorAm FF
When something wicked this way comes
G minorGm C majorC
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
A minorAm
Sometimes I stare
D MajorD
Sometimes it's me
Verse 2:
D MajorD G+G
Everyone told the truth
D MajorD G+G
All that we heard were lies
D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past
E minorEm BB
This was a big surprise
D MajorD G+G
Everyone fell in love
D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA cardinal's wife was jailed
D MajorD FF G+G
The government saved a dying planet
E minorEm B minorBm
When popular icons failed
Chorus:
A minorAm FF
Every place around the world it seemed the same
A minorAm FF
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
A minorAm FF
Everybody wants to look the other way
A minorAm FF
When something wicked this way comes
Outro:
G minorGm C majorC
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
A minorAm DmDm
Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me
A minorAm DmDm