Key: A majorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
F#
A#m/E#
D#m7
C#
D#m7
C#
And the chopper descends
With a message written
D#m7
C#
The spool goes 'round
D#m7
C#
F#
And there's smoke you could click on
B
C#
F#
What are we gonna do now?
Verse 1
F#
B
Taking off his turban,
E
F#
they said, "is this man a jew?"
B
F#
'Cause they're working for the clampdown
E
F#
"We earn more than you
B
F#
We're working for the clampdown"
B
E
We will teach our twisted speech
B
F#
To the young believers
B
E
We will train our blue-eyed men
B
F#
To be young believers
Verse 2
F#
B
The judge said, five to ten,
E
F#
but I say double that again
B
F#
I'm not working for the clampdown
B
E
F#
No man born with a living soul
B
F#
Can be working for the clampdown
B
E
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
B
F#
How can you refuse it?
B
E
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
B
F#
Do you know that you can use it?
C#
The
Bridge 1
there's nothing coming
C#
C#/E#
Only a fool would think
C#
C#/E#
The men at the factory are old and cunning
C#
C#/E#
It's the best years of your life
Verse 3
F#
B
E
F#
But you grow up and you calm down
B
F#
And you're working for the clampdown
B
E
F#
You start wearing blue and brown
B
F#
And you're working for the clampdown
B
E
So you got someone to boss around
B
F#
It makes you feel big now
B
E
You drift until you brutalize
B
F#
Make your first kill now
Verse 4
F#
B
E
F#
In these days of evil presidentes
B
F#
Working for the clampdown
B
E
F#
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
B
F#
For working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
E
B
F#
(Working for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
E
B
F#
(Working for the clampdown)
Outro 1
B
F#
hard in Harrisburg
E/D#
B
F#
Working hard in Petersburg
E
B
F#
Working for the clampdown
E
B
F#
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Get along! Get along!
E/D#
B
F#
Beggin' to be melted down
E/D#
B
F#
(Get along! Get along!)
E
B
F#
E
B
F#
Work, work
D#m
B
F#
The (and I'll give away no secret)
D#m
B
F#
E
B
F#
Work, work
E
B
F#
D#m
B
F#
More work, more work
D#m
B
F#
E
B
F#
Work, work
E
B
F#
Work
[Repeat and fade]
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