When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around chords by The Police (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

C9sus4
D9sus4
E7sus4

Intro 1

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

Verse 1
C9sus4 
Turn on my VCR
D9sus4 
Same one I've had for years
E7sus4 
James Brown on the T.A.M.I Show
Same tape I've had for years
C9sus4 
I sit in my old car
D9sus4 
Same one I've had for years
E7sus4 
Old battery's running down
It ran for years and years
C9sus4 
Turn on the radio
D9sus4 
The static hurts my ears
E7sus4 
Tell me where would I go
I ain't been out in years
C9sus4 
Turn on the stereo
D9sus4 
It's played for years and years
E7sus4 
An Otis Redding song
It's all I own

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Chorus 1

C9sus4

D9sus4

When the world is running down

E7sus4

You make the best of what's still around

C9sus4

D9sus4

When the world is running down

E7sus4

You make the best of what's still around

Verse 2
C9sus4 
Plug in my MCI
D9sus4 
To exercise my brain
E7sus4 
Make records on my own
Can't go out in the rain
C9sus4 
Pick up the telephone
D9sus4 
I've listened here for years
E7sus4 
No one to talk to me
I've listened here for years

Chorus 2
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
When the world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
When the world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around

Interlude 1
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
E7sus4 
E7sus4 
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
E7sus4 
E7sus4 
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
E7sus4 
E7sus4 
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
E7sus4 
E7sus4 

Verse 3
C9sus4 
When I feel lonely here
D9sus4 
Don't waste my time with tears
E7sus4 
I run "Deep Throat" again
It ran for years and years
C9sus4 
Don't like the food I eat
D9sus4 
The cans are running out
E7sus4 
Same food for years and years
I hate the food I eat

Chorus 3
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
When the world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
When the world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around
C9sus4 
D9sus4 
When the world     is running down
E7sus4 
You make the best      of what's still around

Interlude 2

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

C9sus4

D9sus4

E7sus4

Outro 1
C9sus4 
Turn on my VCR
D9sus4 
Same one I've had for years
E7sus4 
James Brown on the T.A.M.I Show
Same tape I've had for years
C9sus4 
I sit in my old car
D9sus4 
Same one I've had for years
[Fade out]

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C9sus4
D9sus4
E7sus4

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E minorBPM: 124

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C9sus4: x-3-3-3-3-3
D9sus4: x-x-0-0-1-0
E7sus4: 0-2-0-2-0-0

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This is the definitive original version of When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around by The Police, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E minor. It suits players who want to learn When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around the way The Police intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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