Key: C major
Verse 1
F
G
C
Em
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C
F
C
G
C
Em
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C
F
C
I work
G
Am
G
C
G
F
C
F
C
F
G
C
Em
for the
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C
newspapers
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C
G
Any news is good news, I always say
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Em
F
C
But I don't write no daily column
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C
G
Talk is cheap, and so's my pay
Am
G
And when my workday's over
C
G
I pocket five or ten from the tray
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C
Em
F
C
An d then I start it up again at 5 AM
G
C
'em away
Em
C
Now lately, I've been thinkin'
Em
F
C
F
wars were started
C
G
Or when they ended––win or lose
C
G
But the question would be whose
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C
G
Em
And what side you're on,
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F
G
C
You'd never have to choose
Bbm
Bb
There's a lot of things goin' on here
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G
That even newspapers
F#
don't understand
Eb
G
F#
Some rob with a gun
or a ballpoint pen
G
Eb
C
A
Maybe I'll get me a big black cape
Em
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runnin' from me
Em
D
Lookin' over their
Em
F
C
shoulder for me
Em
F
What's buried in the back pages
C
E
Em
C
G
Was on the front page yesterday
Em
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And old news never dies
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F
G
No they say it just fades away
Am
G
Crime and murder, business and politics
C
G
F
And international strife
Em
F
C
find someone to blame
C
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