Key: C minor
Verse 1
C
G
F#
swallow and follow
F#dim
Cdim
You've got to give
Am
Bb
the devil his due
E
Am
D
Bb
Render un to Caesar that
Am
E
Am
F
Or Caesar will be seizing you
E
Am
Gm
F#
When in Rome, do as the Romans
B
Cdim
Am
E
It doesn't matter what you call home
Am
D
Gm
If you're alive in the world today,
C
G
Bm
E
Forget it, you're livin'
Am
G#aug
in Rome.
E
C
F#
They've got a disco in Moscow,
F
Dm
Am
And lots of pizzerias too.
G
C
F#
Ebm
The whole world is just a casino,
Dm
F
Don't let the isms worry you.
Bdim
E
Am
G
F#
Business as usual, bigger than ever,
Am
Bdim
Fdim
E
bankers and dope.
Am
D
Gm
Bb
Politics and weapons, go for yourself,
F
E
Am
except thou shalt not murder the Pope.
F#
B
E
Am
Well I'm gonna cut down their scope,
B
E
Am
This is my swan song to dope.
F#
F#dim
B
E
Am
I fi nally learned to say no
D
C
Bdim
E
D
I'm so clean I can clean soap
Interlude 1
D
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F#
F#dim
B
Fdim
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E
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D
Gm
C
F
Dm
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F#
F#dim
Bdim
B
Bm
E
D
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D
Gm
C
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E
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Bb
C#dim
Dm
G#
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C#dim
A
Dm
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F#
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F#dim
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Gm
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Ebdim
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Em
Verse 2
G
tus,
Cdim
E
president too.
Am
D
The friendly face of
Bb
Gm
a warmongering racist
C
Dm
E
Am
F#dim
F
E
is ly ing while smiling at you.
Am
Bdim
E
are the same.
Am
D
Bb
They're into banks and insurance
C
Dm
E
and tanks and greed is
D
C
C#dim
The world could be Dante's In ferno,
Dm
E
Am
depending on who we think we are.
G
C
A
F#
We could burn it up with our ego,
Dm
E
but we're just a planet, a star.
F#
B
I sing to externalize
C
E
and hope a song will do it for me.
Am
D
Sugar, salt, and coffee
Daug
Bb
are com ing from slavery,
F
Dm
Am
and I'm still a slave to all three.
Bm
E
Am
Jazz is my way to get free,
Bb
E
D
somebody brew me some tea.
Am
F#
Cor ruptus, interruptus,
still want to follow,
B
Am
you want to give the greedy your bread.
E
D
Gm
With any luck they will
get your last buck,
Dm
E
you'll be stuck between the
Am
F#dim
needy and dead.
E
Am
F#
I did find a new way,
E
to hang.
D
Gm
Without a line or a drink or a minor,
C
Am
it all started off with a bang.
C
C#dim
A
Just learn to laugh at your partner,
Dm
G#
Laugh at not with your dearest friend,
C
F#
Cause dope is the stupidest smartner,
C#dim
Dm
E
And stupid is funny in the end.
Am
F#
Corrupt us, interrupt us,
I've got to quit now,
E
on this song.
Am
D
Gm
It's non -addictive and I'm
non -vindictive
B
E
Show me a Jones that's not wrong
This thing's already too long
Show me the road to Hong Kong
Am
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