225 Chords

[Intro]
Am          G
D
 
[Verse 1]
      D
She stares at the screen
 
At the little words of green
           Am     G          D
Tries to remember what to do next
D
There's a trace of frustration
 
That crosses her face
Am                 G                 D
Searching for the keys she should press
 
[Chorus 1]
F
And I would help her
        D
If I only know how
              C                       F
But these things are a mystery to me too
        D               G
And it seems that the corporate
Am              G
Eyes they are watching
      D             G
She fears for her job
            Am          G
And the moments are passing
     D               G
I stare at her nametag
      Am          G
And think to myself
             D               C
Both you and I, we never asked
       D
For any of this
 
[Verse 2]
                D
So let's take a walk
 
Up past the chemical works
            Am G              D
Where the sky turns green at night
           D
And we'll talk about
 
Bout getting away from here
      Am        G       D
Some different kind of life
 
[Chorus 2]
    F                     D
But even in the freshest mountain air
           C                        F
While the jet fighters practice overhead
              D             G
And they're drilling these hills
      Am       G
For uranium deposits
             D        G
And they'll bury the waste
          Am           G
For our children to inherit
      D            G
And though this is all done
    Am       G           D
For our own benefit, I swear
         C         D
We never asked for any of this
 
[Verse 3]
                  D
Well, this golden age of communication
                Am   G            D
Means everyone talks at the same time
     D
And liberty just means
 
Some freedom to exploit
     Am      G             D
Any weakness that you can find
 
[Chorus 3]
       F               D
We'll turn off the TV just for a while
         C                       F
Let us whisper to each other instead
           D             G        Am
And we'll hope that the corporate ears
        G
Do not listen
   D               G         Am
Unless we find ourselves committing
               G
Some kind of treason
     D            G
And filed in the tapes
          Am            G
Without rhyme, without reason
            D                G
While they tell us that it's all
        Am      G           D
For our own protection, I swear
         C         D
We never asked for any of this...
     D               C          D
Oh I swear, we never asked, for any of this...
     D               C          D
Oh I swear, we never asked, for any of this...
     D               C          D
Oh I swear...
 
[Outro]
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Am   G    D
Am   G    D
 
F   D    C     F
D   G    Am    G  x3
D        C     D  x3
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