Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Verse 1
C
G
what's gone wrong.
Bm
Am
G
Gsus4
but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
G
Gsus4
Call the neighbors.
C
G
Who's to blame for what's going on?
Bm
Am
just the same as you.
Verse 2
G
Bm
O, they tell us there's
D
G
Bm
Em
that someone's been a bit untidy
D
Em
C
and there's been a small spill.
G
Gsus4
Not a lot, no,
G
Gsus4
just a drop.
G
Gsus4
But there you are mistaken,
G
Gsus4
you know you are.
C
G
C
I wonder just how long they knew our well was
Bm
Am
poisoned but they let us just drink on.
Verse 3
G
Bm
Em
D
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
Em
D
G
Bm
Em
that someone's been a bit untidy
D
Em
D
G
and there's been a small spill.
Em
D
Em
a tear in a salted sea.
D
G
Bm
Someone's been a bit untidy,
Em
D
Em
D
they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
But the week is over and now it's grown into years since I was told that I should be calm,
D
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
there's nothing to fear here.
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
my wife and my children.
Verse 4
C
G
C
Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable
Bm
life can be fought and lost in you backyard?
Am
Verse 5
G
Bm
O, don't tell us there's
Em
D
Em
poison in the well,
D
G
Bm
that someone's been a bit untidy,
Em
D
Em
D
G
that there's been a small spill.
Em
D
Em
a tear in a salted sea.
D
G
Bm
Someone's been a bit untidy,
Em
D
G
they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
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ChordsG Gsus4 C Bm Am...
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