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