Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
Am
The have nots have had enough
and now they're out to kill the king
G
C
G
Of what looks to be an evil empire where short-term
earnings earnings mean everything
Esus4
There's a pressure to deliver here,
E
Am
your gonna get hurt if you don't play this game
Nobody will ever know,
G
just the CEO to the CFO
C
If you can work some magic,
G
we can double our paychecks, so make the numbers look right
Esus4
Wall street is a ruthless mistress
E
with a quick and painful judgment
Am
Temptation is in deep now,
threads of greed run through this fabric
G
Weaving tapestries over your eyes to prepare
the landscapes for disaster
Esus4
E
Anthrax or a plane crash, biochemical,
or even nuclear attacks
Am
Integrity is too damn expensive,
discount the price but still
G
Am
G
C
G
Nobody's buying so come up with the money
Esus4
boys or you'll be choking on a barrel
E
And it just might be your own finger
F
Am
squeezing on the trigger
Esus4
E
Call in the reinforcements
Verse 2
Am
you're working hard on
Dm
F
The American dream can be found here if
E
F
G
you keep your mouth closed
Am
But the teeth you keep clenched
Dm
F
is what's killing the chance
C
Your mouth is watering as
Dm
F
Swallowing each new possession
Interlude 1
It's building a prison
E
F
G
Am
G
F
C
Dm
F
G
Am
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Dm
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Dm
Am
G
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Dm
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Dm
Am
E
Verse 3
Am
you'll think there's a place where you made it
You searched for this your whole life
G
New answers will satisfy but then
you realize it's never enough
Esus4
That's the slickest marketing I've
E
ever seen - a spiraling trap
Am
With enough ambition and a firm set
of rules you can have anything you want
G
A
G
You can walk right out into the world
Esus4
and capture and kill god
E
In a little box or a little book
to be understood
Am
But no one can argue with the good sense
G
and strength of a solid foundation
Or with the weakness born when corruption
Esus4
is the rule and not the exception
E
I'm trying hard to forget
Am
everything I thought I knew
You've climbed much too high to
G
let the truth stop you now
Or to concern yourself
C
G
with the investments of
Esus4
Lesser honest men
E
The ladder's been brutal but the payoff
F
Am
is just around the corner
Esus4
E
Call in the reinforcements
Verse 4
Am
you're working hard on
Dm
F
But you keep getting lost each time you
E
F
G
walk out your front door
Am
Me I've got a family I know
F
real well what it means
C
To make sure there's enough
G
food on the table each day
Dm
But I'd rather starve than be
F
a whore for an empty living
Outro 1
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Am
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Dm
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Dm
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