Oldest Trick

 Gm                                                       Bb
Gonna take more eyes than the eyes that you have in your head
                                          F
To see what’s happening gonna take more teeth
                                          C
Than those in your mouth to chew it all down
 Gm                                                            Bb
Gonna take more brains than the brains that you have in your skull
                                       F
To find the answers ‘cause these days information stinks
                C
There’s enough lies here to fool the Sphinx


[Chorus]
                            Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
                              Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
                      F
And you say that it makes you sick
                        C
But not before that it made you look


[Verse 2]
 Gm                                                           Bb
Gonna take more words than the words that can roll off your tongue
                            F                          C
To express that there is a way better than this to be free
 Gm                                                     Bb
Gonna take more hands than the hands that grow on your arms
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                         F
To chip away the tired veneer

It’s thick as a myth
           C
You don’t know what you’re messing with


[Chorus]
                            Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
                              Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
                      F
And you say that it makes you sick
                        C
But not before that it made you look


[Bridge]
           Gm
Well, it started so long ago with
 Bb
Just a few rich men they
 F                        C
Had to protect what they had, what they had but the
  Gm
Problem with freedom is
  Bb
Everyone wants some and
 F                         C
If all are equal than the poor might get mad
Gm                      Bb
So they found enemies, built up mythologies
F                          C
To keep the people from snooping around
Gm                       Bb
It worked so well we can no longer tell
            F                         C
Where the truth turns to rust who to kill who to trust


[Chorus]
                           Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
                              Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
                      F
And you say that it makes you sick
                        C
But not before that it made you look

                           Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
                              Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
                      F
And you say that it makes you sick
                        C
But not before that it made you look