Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
G
Em
Am
A
Verse 1
G
Em
past that you leave not defend
Am
D
G
Where the downtowns hold the sadness
A
Verse 2
Am
A
Em
A
Am
Motel signs with missing letters
Em
A
Am
Says it knows what your town needs
A
Am
A
D
G
Then it eats it up like nothing
Em
A
and it won't spit out the seeds
Am
Dm
G
And we can be the super shoppers
Em
A
We can say we're really smart
Am
Dm
G
We can say our town is doing fine
Em
A
Am
without a beating heart
Verse 3
It's bought and sold,
G
Am
A
Am
it's bought and sold
D
Dm
G
And we're heading for a nasty business,
Em
Am
keeps our country growing
D
Dm
G
Where the weapons that we're selling
Em
Am
are the only seeds we're sowing
Verse 4
Em
Am
Sell F-16's to all the neighbors
Dm
G
And we know that it's for money
Dm
G
You the know the last time this happened
Em
Am
Even Vi etnam got
A
Am
jargoned
Dm
G
And you can say they're out to hunt you
A
Am
out to fish you
Dm
G
You can join a gang of restless boys
Em
Am
Or start your own militia
You can even say your violence
G
A
Am
Dm
It's bought and sold, it's bought and sold
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
G
F
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D
C
A
Am
A
Dm
G
Well I look up to the people
Am
Verse 5
D
Dm
You can show them what
D
G
you're selling
Em
A
And they'll only ask you why
Am
A
D
Dm
And their paychecks don't
Dm
G
And the TV sets are angry 'cause they
Em
Am
just can't make 'em pay
D
Dm
G
But I like the way these people read
Am
Verse 6
Dm
G
And we can call ourselves the makers
Em
Am
And the keepers of the times
Dm
G
We can spend our sand dollars
Em
Am
And sand nickels and sand dimes
It's bought and sold,
G
A
Am
it's bought and sold
We can even say our
It's bought and sold,
G
A
it's bought and sold
It's bought and sold,
D
Dm
D
G
A
it's bought and sold
Outro 1
A
Am
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Am
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