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Don't Get Me Started chords by
Rodney Crowell
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We ran into

trouble scamming for oil
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The whole Middle East is coming to a boil
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It's the Muslims and Kurds,
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Bedouin herds

Palestinians and Arabs

and Jews in the news
Verse 2
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It's too much to keep up with,

it'll jangle your head
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The whole situation's running way in the red
Verse 3
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I said, don't get me started
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I'll like as not bend your ear
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Don't get me started
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I just wanna make one thing clear
Verse 4
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I was born in America and

I'm proud of that fact
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I wish the rest of the world

would get off our back
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But these slick politicians, man,

you've got to admit
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C

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Seems as crazy as bedbugs and they

don't give one whit
Verse 5
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About the man on the street with

his back to the wall
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Who can't find a quarter for

to make a phone call
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Meanwhile back in Washington,

the champagne will flow
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Tell that to the homeless
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man with nowhere to go
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I said,
Verse 6
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don't get me started
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I came into this bar to unwind
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Don't get me started
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I'll like as not speak my mind
Verse 7
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The rich corporations have

turned a deaf ear
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They don't care who goes hungry,

they've made that much clear
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You see the trouble with people

is we wanna believe
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But they can't turn a profit

without tricks up their sleeve
Verse 8
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It's the roofers and truckers,

the working class suckers
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The firemen and teachers,

the soldiers and preachers
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Who shoulder the blows,

it comes and it goes
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A six trillion dollar debt,
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you pay through the nose
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I said,
Verse 9
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don't get me started

I'm a drag when I've
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had a few drinks
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And don't get me started
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I don't care what anyone thinks
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'Cause it makes me angry
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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East Timor's genocide to the core
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The Indonesian legions come

and give 'em what for
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When the Coalition Army doesn't

come to your aid
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You might as well face it,

there's no money to be made
Verse 11
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I had a dream last night,

I was secretary of defense
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And I came to the conclusion,

war doesn't make any sense, yeah
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But nobody heard me when I

tried to rescind it
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There were too many people
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that just didn't want to end it
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I said,
Verse 12
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don't get me started
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You never know when I might stop
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Don't get me started
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We both need to just let
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this thing drop
Verse 13
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Don't get me started
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Don't get me started, not now
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Don't get me started
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'Cause it make me angry
Outro 1
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The original key of Don't Get Me Started by Rodney Crowell is A major.

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