The Face of the Nation chords by 
John Mellencamp 
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Key: G# minor•
Intro 1
G#m
F#
G#m
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G#m
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G#m
Verse 1
F#
G#m
As I run through this life
F#
G#m
Sometimes it breaks my heart
F#
Seein' old people goin' downtown
G#m
Stumblin' their way
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G#m
through the dark
F#
G#m
And the little ba bies cry
F#
G#m
For their mothers' warmth
F#
Sometimes I feel so helpless
G#m
F#
I don't know where to start
G#m
And the
Verse 2
E
face of the nation
F#
Keeps changin' and changin'
E
The face of the nation
F#
I don't recognize it no more
G#m
The face of the nation
E
F#
G#m
The face of the nation
E
F#
Verse 3
G#m
F#
G#m
So many lonely people
F#
Damn those broken dreams
G#m
F#
Oh yes it could be better
G#m
F#
You can say that about anything
G#m
F#
Some got it worse than me
G#m
F#
Some got it worse than you
G#m
You see the people starvin'
F#
under neath the tree
G#m
And you wonder what
F#
happened to the golden rule
Verse 4
E
And the face of the nation
F#
Keeps changin' and changin'
E
The face of the nation
F#
I don't recognize it no more
G#m
E
F#
The face of the nation
G#m
The face of the nation
Interlude 1
E
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G#m
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G#m
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G#m
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E
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G#m
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Verse 5
F#
You know babe I'm gonna
G#m
keep on try in'
F#
G#m
To put things right
F#
If only for me and you
G#m
F#
'Cause the devil sleeps to night
Verse 6
E
And the face of the nation
F#
Keeps changin' and changin'
E
The face of the nation
F#
I don't recognize it no more
E
F#
The face of the nation
E
The face of the nation
Verse 7
F#
G#m
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G#m
F#
And the face of the nation
G#m
F#
Keeps changin' and changin'
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
The face of the nation
F#
G#m
I don't recognize it no more
F#
G#m
F#
The face of the na tion
G#m
The face of the nation
F#
G#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG#m F# E
G#m
F#
E
Capo: 4
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