When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around original guitar chords by
The Police
The Police

1980Rock1.1K views
Key: E minor
Intro 1
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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Verse 1
C9sus4
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Turn on my VCR
D9sus4
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Same one I've had for years
E7sus4
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James Brown on the T.A.M.I Show
Same tape I've had for years
C9sus4
C9sus4

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I sit in my old car
D9sus4
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Same one I've had for years
E7sus4
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Old battery's running down
It ran for years and years
C9sus4
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Turn on the radio
D9sus4
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The static hurts my ears
E7sus4
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Tell me where would I go
I ain't been out in years
C9sus4
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Turn on the stereo
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It's played for years and years
E7sus4
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An Otis Redding song
It's all I own
Chorus 1
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
Verse 2
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Plug in my MCI
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To exercise my brain
E7sus4
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Make records on my own
Can't go out in the rain
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Pick up the telephone
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I've listened here for years
E7sus4
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No one to talk to me
I've listened here for years
Chorus 2
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
Interlude 1
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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E7sus4
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Verse 3
C9sus4
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When I feel lonely here
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Don't waste my time with tears
E7sus4
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I run "Deep Throat" again
It ran for years and years
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Don't like the food I eat
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The cans are running out
E7sus4
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Same food for years and years
I hate the food I eat
Chorus 3
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
C9sus4
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D9sus4
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When the world is running down
E7sus4
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You make the best of what's still around
Interlude 2
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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C9sus4
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D9sus4
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E7sus4
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E7sus4
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Outro 1
C9sus4
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Turn on my VCR
D9sus4
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Same one I've had for years
E7sus4
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James Brown on the T.A.M.I Show
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C9sus4
C9sus4

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I sit in my old car
D9sus4
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Same one I've had for years
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