Written by Roger Waters
Intro: Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Em Em7 Em There's a mad dog pulling at his chain Em Em7 Em A hint of danger in his eye Em Em7 Em Alarm bells raging round his brain Em And the chimney's broken in the sky A Wake up A7 A Wake up and smell the roses A B5 C Close your eyes and pray this wind don't change C D5 Em Em7 Em There's nothing but screams in the field of dreams Em Em7 Em Nothing but hope at the end of the road Em Em7 Em Nothing but gold in the chimney smoke Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Come on honey it's re-al mo--ney ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 ) Em This is the room where they make the explosives Em Em7 Where they put your name on the bomb Em Here's where they bury the buts and the ifs Em And scratch out words like right and wrong A Wake up A7 A Wake up and smell the phosphorus A B5 C This is the room we keep the human hair C D5 Em Don't ask don't tell it couldn't be lost for us Em7 Em Yeah, a little less cash in the stash in the cupboard At the bottom of the stair B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Mo-ney hon-ey ( Em Em/C Em/Bb Em/B ) ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em Em7 Em ) ( Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 ) ( Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 ) A Wake up A7 A Wake up and smell the bacon A B5 C Run your greasy fingers through her hair C D5 B B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 F#m This is the life that you have taken ( C C5 B5 B5 Bb5 ) Em Em7 Em Just a line in the captain's log Em Em7 Em Just a whine from a resident dog Em Em7 Em7 Another kid didn't make the grade Em B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Come on honey it's a fair trade A Wake up A7 A Wake up and smell the roses A B5 C Throw her photo on the funeral pyre D5 Em Yeah, now we can forget the threat she poses Em7 Em Girl you know you couldn't get much higher Final B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 B5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Em
See also: Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd |
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