Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
G
Bb
Laws by committee
Db
F
Wars by committee
Bb
F
Governs by committee
G
C
It's the most effective way
Am
Dm
C
A man I hardly knew
Am
Dm
C
so I sliced that man in two
G
Am
He may have felt the blow I struck,
Dm
C
but it doesn't show today
G
Am
I brought him back to life again,
Dm
G
F
G
and I had a debt to pay
Bb
Db
F
Be sure by committee,
Bb
F
justice by committee,
G
C
it's the most objective way.
G
Am
It had to come, I knew it would,
Dm
C
not cruel and then not kind.
Am
Dm
C
Just opening my mind
Am
Dm
C
But offer to explain
Am
Dm
G
An d truth is down the drain
C
G
That sounds very glib, they said.
C
Bb
You above it all,
C
Bb
deciding for another man.
C
Bb
Who gave you the call?
F#dim
B
I say it too.
F#dim
G
But they kill the bird of paradise.
Yes, they do.
F
G
Bb
Laws by committee,
Db
F
wars by committee,
Bb
F
governed by committee,
G
C
it's the most effective way.
It could just be
G
Am
that you'll ask me
Dm
C
to drive away with you.
Am
Dm
C
and try for something new.
G
Am
I'd do it, yes, I think I would,
Dm
C
it's one thing we could do.
G
Am
But will you cut my head clean off,
Dm
G
F
or will I do it to you?
G
Bb
I don't know, but I know it's all in me
Bb
F
G
The thought that can explode, or fade,
into convening another
Outro 1
committee
C
F
G
Bb
Bb
Db
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF G Bb Db C...
F
G
Bb
Db
C
Am
Dm
F#dim
B
Capo: 3
Transpose: 0
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