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Ted Leo

  • A
  • Bm
  • D
  • E
  • Em
  • F#m
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Key:
INTRO D A x2 (acoustic only) D A x4 (all play loud)
D A Sometimes the rain upon the sea
D A Can make the gray look green to me.
D A And when I'm into all that gray,
D A I'll make the morning last all day.
F#m A see I've been down to New South Wales
Bm E (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) both my brothers've been in jail,
D A Ah, but my sister - she got free
D A (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) Now she's across the great gray sea. D A x 4 (loud)
D A Now I've been hard, too hard to find,
D A But there's no paranoia in my mind.
D A There've been no comrades dropping dimes,
D A It's just I'm working overtime.
F#m A And I know that in the end,
Bm E (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) I'll come clean to all my friends.
D A 'Cause we all know we all have sinned,
D A (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) And we all know we're going to again.
Bm A And when I was late in checking in,
D Bm (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) And I couldn't say where I'd been,
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F#m A Well, I bet you knew,
F#m A 'Cause you sometimes do,
F#m A E (2 3 4) Em (2 3 4) D A x4 And here we go 'round again...
D A See, Molly always knows just what to bring,
D A When Reb's in town, she always rings.
D A You wanna know what Tommy has to say?
D A Is Terry feeling better these days?
F#m A You can ask - take a look,
Bm E (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) We're all pretty open books.
D A What I stand for, I mostly stand behind,
D A (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) And what I am, I mostly can't hide.
Bm A And when we were late in getting in,
D Bm (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) We couldn't say where we'd been.
F#m A So maybe you knew,
F#m A Like you sometimes do -
F#m A E Em I've got no need to pretend.
Bm Oh C.I.A.,
D F#m (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) Only you know what you've done.
Bm Oh C.I.A., D D A x4 G O D A x4 Only you know what you've done.
F#m A My father works from 6 to 8,
Bm E And he ain't given up his faith,
D A And so I haven't given up myself, D A (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) D A x4 (no electric) Though I sure could use a little help.
D A Now it don't take the writing of a song,
D A To tell you what I was doing in '01.
D A Buy what I fear that I might never see, D A (electric back) Is where you were back in '73.
F#m A And why Mal, he ain't around,
Bm E (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) Or if Everardo was ever found.
D A Or why Frankie says that history's race is run,
D A (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) When we all know it's just erased by those who've won.
Bm A And when I was late in weighing in,
D Bm (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) And I couldn't say where I'd been,
F#m A And, you thought you knew,
F#m A Like you sometimes do,
F#m A E (2 3 4) Em (2 3 4) But you got it wrong again...
Bm D F#m (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) But C.I.A., Only you know what you've done
Bm D F#m (2 3 4 1 2 3 4) Oh C.I.A., Only you know what you've done.
Bm D F#m Oh C.I.A., Ha! Only you know what you've done. Bm D D A D PEAT(D-->A)TO FDE C.I.A Only you know what you've done. Only you know what you've done (call & respond)
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