Intro G, Cadd9, D, D (3rd fret), D (5th fret) x2 Verse 1 G Cadd9 We sent in the army D They sounded alarms we D (3rd fret) D (5th fret) Saw it coming from a mile away. G Cadd9 We kept it off radar D Cause we had to say our D (3rd fret) D (5th fret) Cadd9 Intentions were to save the day. Pre-Refrain G/B Em7 D7 Why did you fail to see?Verse 2 We kept it all long-range and made a regime change You'd have thought it would have been a gas But when it got ugly We sat around smugly Because you bought our little joke en masse Pre-Refrain Don't look at me that way Refrain It was a gag It was all for a laugh We knew your sons and daughters Would be blown in half Fun and games We're just pulling legs We knew this barrel of fun Would be a powder keg Bridge Cadd9 G/B Put a smile on G G/F# G/B D We're the ones that you selected Cadd9 G/B Leave that dial son G G/F# G/B D Because we just got re-elected Cadd9 G/B In a while our G G/F# G/B D Bill of rights will be rejected G G/F# G/B D and all the blame will be deflected G G/F# G/B D the forests will be unprotected G G/F# G/B D the nation's poor will be neglected G G/F# G/B D creation myth is resurrected G G/F# G/B D a new salute is genuflected G G/F# G/B D a gallup poll will be respected G G/F# G/B D gallows pole will be erected G G/F# G/B Cadd9 D (Strum very fast, then mute the note at the end) all this will go undetecteeeeeeeeeeeed Verse 3 While you all slumbered We sat and crunched numbers Of all the causalities we could afford There's no need to draft them You could hear us laugh then The poor and black all need the room and board Pre-Refrain Did I say that out loud? Refrain It was a gag It was all for a laugh And now our very nation has been blown in half Fun and games We're just pulling legs We knew this barrel of fun Would be a powder keg Coda G Em7 Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Cadd9 Cadd9 (4th fret) D We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg G Em7 Cadd9 Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Cadd9 (4th fret) D It's a powder keg G Em7 Cadd9 C9(4 Fr) D Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah x2 End on GG It was a gag G/B It was all for a laugh Cadd9 And they were shocked and they were awed Cadd9 (4th fret) D and they were blown in half G Fun and games G/B We're just pulling legs Cadd9 We knew this barrel of fun Cadd9 (4th fret) D Would be a powder keg
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