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Verse 1
(A minor) Welcome to the Holy
City; the silver screen
Built with the (G sharp major) lends of the low self esteem
(F major) A teenager's plea for meaning
and means
We're selling (E minor) the news
Verse 2
See, opin (A minor) ions are easier
to swallow than facts
The greys in (G sharp major) stead of the whites
and the black (F major) s
If you shoot it too straight it
won't come back
We're selling (E minor) the news (C major)
(E minor) See,
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Verse 3
(A minor) money speaks volumes
louder than words
And virtues with (G sharp major) wings,
maybe not quite at (F major) first
But salaries are payed with the
eyes not the verbs
We're (E minor) selling the news
Verse 4
See, (A minor) all men are equal; all is for sale
A powerful (G sharp major) dog has been chasing his (F major) tale
The lowest common denomin
(F minor) ator pre (F major) vails
We're selling the (C major) news (F major) (A minor)
Verse 5
I wanna believe you, I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact (F major) is fiction,
the fact (E minor) is fic (A minor) tion
Verse 6
(A minor) I wanna believe you, I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact (F major) is fic (A minor) tion
(F major) Suspicion (E minor) is the new (A minor) religion
(G sharp major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (E minor)
Verse 7
(A minor) America listens as the story is told
With the eye on the truth (G sharp major)
as the story unfold (F major) s
But the ratings determine
which story was sold
We're (E minor) selling the news
(A minor) Begging
Verse 8
the question,
mongering fears
Stroking the eyes (G sharp major) an d tickling ears
The (F major) truth is seldom just as it appears
We're selling the news (E minor)
(C major) I
Verse 9
(A minor) wanna believe you, I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact (F major) is fic (A minor) tion,
(F major) the fact (E minor) is fic (A minor) tion
Verse 10
(A minor) I wanna believe you, I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact (F major) is fic (A minor) tion,
(F major) the fact (E minor) is fic (A minor) tion
(E major) I can
Verse 11
(A minor) see your talking heads
On the television (F major) set (E major) (E minor)
On the (A minor) Internet they said
The fact is fiction (F major)
Verse 12
Suspi (E minor) cion is the new reli
(A minor) gion
(G sharp major) (F major)
Verse 13
(E minor)
Substance, (A minor) oh, substance,
where have you been?
You've (G sharp major) been replaced by
the masters of spin
Who make (F major) good looking books
and write history in
We're (E minor) selling the news
Verse 14
The lines (A minor) start to blur; I get
so confused
They get shiny (G sharp major) new models mixed
up with the blues
They get (F major) binary code mixed up with abuse
The (A minor) facts are simply (E major) one option to choose
(A minor) When nothing
Verse 15
is sacred,
there's nothing to lose
When noth (E major) ing is sac (G sharp major) red,
all is consumed
We're (F major) still on the air,
it must be the truth
We're (E minor) selling the news (A minor)
Verse 16
(A minor) I wanna believe you,
I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact (F major) is fic (A minor) tion,
(F major) the fact (E minor) is fiction (A minor)
Verse 17
(A minor) I wanna believe you, I wanna believe
But everything is in-between
The The fact is fiction,
(F major) the fact (E minor) is fic (A minor) tion (E minor)
Verse 18
I (A minor) wanna believe you, I wanna
believe
But everything I see (C major) is green
(A minor) The fact (F major) is fiction
Verse 19
Sus (E minor) picion is the new (A minor) religion
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Selling the News
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