Tribulation chords by Kristin Chenoweth

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D
F
E
F#m
A
Bb
Ebdim
G
Em
Eb
Bm
B
Fdim
F#dim
C
Gm
Bdim
F#

Verse 1
D 
We've got  (D major) tribulation,
F 
my  (F major) good sir.
D 
F 
We've got  (D major) tribulation and schmig (F major) adoo.
E 
D 
F#m 
Look  (E major) down there,  (D major) do you see what  (F sharp minor) I     see?
E 
 (E major) Peanut shells in the street.
A 
 (A major) Lying there like passed out
drunks in the gutter.
Bb 
A 
 (B flat major) Turning  (A major) Town Square
Bb 
into the floor  (B flat major) of a saloon.
A 
 (A major) The home of loose women
and hooch happy sinners.
D 
A petting  (D major) pandory
in the middle of the street.
F 
Is that what our town's  (F major) become?
E 
D 
 (E major) Is that  (D major) the future we
want for our children?
E 
D 
 (E major) I'm telling  (D major) you, things have changed ever
Ebdim 
A 
since  (E flatdim) those    two outsiders  (A major) waltzed in.
With their big city ways
and their newfangled ideas.
Bb 
A 
Bb 
G 
 (B flat major) Promiscu (A major) ity and de (B flat major) pravity  (G major) 
F 
Em 
Eb 
Inter (F major) lopers, interlop (E minor) ing with  (E flat major) hearts
Colder than the hinges of hell
D 
First the  (D major) two of them arrive
E 
unmar (E major) ried
D 
Brimming with lust,  (D major) 
G 
wanting to share a  (G major) bed
Em 
D 
 (E minor) Then a  (D major) brazen display
at the basket auction
G 
Now the  (G major) mayor's out,
Em 
proclaiming his perver (E minor) sions
G 
At the  (G major) root of it all are two strangers
E 
D 
Bm 
Who've  (E major) never cracked a  (D major) Bible in  (B minor) their life
B 
E 
 (B major) And that's  (E major) gonna lead to
A 
D 
 (A major) tribulation and  (D major) strife
Now I've got nothing against outsiders
F 
E 
 (F major) Provided  (E major) they're the
D 
Fdim 
 (D major) right kind of  (Fdim) people
E 
D 
Kind  (E major) of folk who look  (D major) and talk
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Ebdim 
and  (F sharpdim) act      like  (E flatdim) us
A 
E 
Peas  (A major) in a pot and  (E major) birds of a feather
A 
Not loud,  (A major) not trash,
Bb 
whether Tommy  (B flat major) Rotten
A 
Flap -doodle  (A major) -clap -trap
Bb 
and fiddle -faddle an (B flat major) d jiggery -pokery
A 
Stir (A major) rin' up the cream
while you're waitin' for it to settle
D 
Like  (D major) vermin in the root cellar,
A 
 (A major) flies in the buttermilk
D 
And  (D major) they're influencin'
Em 
There, I said  (E minor) it
D 
E 
They're  (D major) influencin' your chil (E major) dren
D 
Like an  (D major) earwig crawlin'
from the ears to the brains
C 
G 
And  (C major) soon your  (G major) young 'uns
will be neglectin' chores
Em 
Milk goin'  (E minor) sour,
E 
Bb 
unstrained  (E major) in the  (B flat major) springhouse
D 
Back  (D major) talkin' dinner,
B 
no time  (B major) for the good book
E 
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Gm 
E 
Rag (E major) time  (F sharp minor) blaring on  (G minor) the Victro (E major) la
A 
 (A major) And that's just the beginning, folks
D 
 (D major) Soon you won't even, no you won't,
no you won't even
Recognize your own town
I'm talking about neon signs,
A 
smoke -filled  (A major) rooms
F#m 
E 
Billiard par (F sharp minor) lors  and  (E major) painted ladies
A 
Bb 
Wan (A major) ton women having  (B flat major) chil
dren out of wedlock
A 
Bb 
Rowdy  (A major) men  (B flat major) using filthy language
A 
G 
F 
The  (A major) devil himsel (G major) f  dan (F major) cing
Ebdim 
on your  (E flatdim) front    porch
D 
 (D major) Stealing your babies from
A 
D 
their  (A major) cribs at mid (D major) night
Cows and sheep have an
E 
 (E major) amorous congress
D 
Chil (D major) dren with a mark of their
E 
 (E major) beast on their foreheads
D 
 (D major) All thanks to these two out -of -towners
G 
D 
G 
Dr.  (G major)  (D major) Skinner and Miss Gim (G major) bel
E 
better hold on to your  (E major) husband
Bdim 
Bm 
Be (Bdim) st     keepin'  (B minor) on your wife
B 
E 
A 
There's  (B major)  (E major) gonna be some  (A major) tribulation
D 
and  (D major) strife
A 
D 
Oh,  (A major) we've got  (D major) strife
G 
D 
Bb 
And tribu (G major)  (D major) la  (B flat major) tion
D 
G 
E 
G 
 (D major) And  (G major) not to  (E major) mention  (G major) 
D 
Miscegen (D major) ation
Bm 
D 
Let's  (B minor) pray the  (D major) Lord
B 
E 
 (B major) Will save us  (E major) soon
Bb 
 (B flat major) Cause we've got strife and
Bm 
D 
 (B minor) tribulation in Shwiga (D major) doon
F# 
E 
D 
F#m 
F 
Strife,  (F sharp major) strife, strife,  (E major) strife,  (D major)  (F sharp minor) strife,  (F major) strife,
E 
D 
 (E major) strife, I can't  (D major) hear y 'all!
F# 
F 
E 
D 
 (F sharp major) Strife,  (F major) strife,  (E major) strife!  (D major) 
F 
E 
D 
 (F major) I   (E major) love this town.  (D major) 
E 
Y  (E major) 'all know,
D 
F# 
my great  (D major) -great grand (F sharp major) daddy
F 
E 
foun (F major) ded Schmicka (E major) doon
when he came upon this
F# 
E 
 (F sharp major) beautiful tract  (E major) of land
D 
E 
and said,  (D major) "'They'll never  (E major) find us here.'"
D 
E 
D 
 (D major) But it pains me!  (E major) Oh! It pains  (D major) me
E 
to see our town slipping  (E major) away,
D 
right before  (D major) our very eyes.
F# 
E 
 (F sharp major) I tried to  (E major) alert the mayor
D 
but his mind was  (D major) elsewhere.
F 
E 
D 
 (F major) In  (E major) his pant (D major) s!
F# 
F 
E 
 (F sharp major) His  (F major) poor wife  (E major) is so ashamed
D 
F 
 (D major) she locked herself inside her house (F major) .
E 
D 
and  (E major) this time on  (D major) purpose.
F# 
D 
E 
D 
 (F sharp major) I'm  (D major) sorry,  (E major) Florence.  (D major) 
F 
E 
D 
New lead (F major) ership.  (E major)  (D major) 
E 
D 
That's what Schmig (E major) adoon need (D major) s.
F# 
E 
D 
 (F sharp major) But who?  (E major) Who  (D major) has the
F# 
E 
 (F sharp major) moral where (E major) withal,
D 
F# 
the tradition (D major) al how  (F sharp major) -to,
F 
D 
E 
 (F major) the good,  (D major) old -fashioned,  (E major) all -American
F# 
je ne sais  (F sharp major) quoi
F 
E 
D 
to  (F major) stand up  (E major) to these two  (D major) outsiders?
F# 
F 
 (F sharp major) Mil (F major) dred Layton for mayor!
E 
 (E major) I  couldn't.
F# 
E 
D 
 (F sharp major) Mil (E major) dred Layton for  (D major) mayor!
F# 
F 
Well, I  (F sharp major) wouldn't! Mil (F major) dred Layton
D 
F# 
for Mildred Layton  (D major) for  (F sharp major) mayor!
E 
D 
We're run (E major) ning!  (D major) Okay,
A 
D 
I'll do it.  (A major) It's time to  (D major) vote! To vote!
And vote for Layton!
Vote for Layton!
G 
She's the  (G major) only one
Bm 
D 
who'll save our  (B minor) town from  (D major) safety!
Save us now!
Let's hope that she... that she...
B 
G 
 (B major) Will save us  (G major) soon!
Save us soon!
Eb 
A 
D 
 (E flat major) Cause  (A major) we've got  (D major) strife
Bb 
Bm 
and  (B flat major) tribulation!  (B minor) 
D 
Bm 
Strife  (D major) and  (B minor) tribulation!
G 
 (G major) Grief and consternation!
Grief and consternation!
D 
Bm 
E 
Strike  (D major) and  (B minor) Tribulation  (E major) 
A 
In  (A major) spite of all
D 
 (D major) 