Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
For the spoken intro, follow the rhythm of the song with the chords B minorBm G+G A augmentedA B minorBm twice, then end
on three strums of Fmaj7.
Intro:
B minorBm G+G
Yeah! You got more trouble than you can handle, honey!
What the fuck are you gonna do?
A augmentedA
How are you gonna scrape on by?
B minorBm
I do believe that there are two things you do in this situation
B minorBm
You leave town or go into hiding
G+G
Because some people got brains and other people got talent
A augmentedA
Others just look good
B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
You and me, we got none of those things, but listen up:
Verse 1:
B minorBm
Uh my, my, my, my, what a position:
G+G
The love of my life smoking crack in the kitchen
A augmentedA
Lovely long nails and a nasty half grin:
B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
“It's a living,” she shrugs
B minorBm
It's a missile disguised as an ethic
G+G
It's a rabbit suffocating in a rabbit hole
A augmentedA B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
It's politics as usual
Refrain:
B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
G+G
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
A augmentedA B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Some kind of disaster relief
B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
G+G
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
A augmentedA B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ba Ba Bum, Some kind of disaster relief
Bridge:
E minorEm B minorBm
Honest homes
E minorEm B minorBm
Simple words, simple words
E minorEm B minorBm
And honest hopes
E minorEm A augmentedA
Are like skipping stones
Bb majorBb A augmentedA
Skipping stones
Verse 2:
B minorBm
Well you can tell that things are getting terribly real
G+G
When the suckers in charge don't even gotta lie to the people
A augmentedA B minorBm
And the only megaphone left working is attached to a steeple
B minorBm
It's a concrete national forest
G+G
It's a kid with a gun at the age of 10
A augmentedA B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
It's like the last dying gasp of a friend
Refrain:
B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
G+G
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
A augmentedA B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Some kind of disaster relief
B minorBm
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
G+G
Ba Ba Bum, Ba Ba Bum Ba Bum
A augmentedA B minorBm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ba Ba Bum, Some kind of disaster relief