Tone: [Gm]
Intro:
A [Gm]Westerner walks [Eb]into a bar
[C]Television on the [D]Middle East corner
[Gm]Talk to the barman a [Eb]bit about cars
a [C]bit about war, and a [D]bit about Captain [Gm]America
'Bout [Eb]fifty-thousand [C]dead
What a tragic [D]tale, what a moral [Gm]dilemma
"What can we [Eb]do to help?"
Say it [C]again and again and again
Un[D]Until you've entertained [Gm]yourself
Verse 1:
Said, "Hmm, ah, [Eb]if I'm being honest[C]honest
Never heard of your [D]country until we [Gm]bombed it"
There's an invisible [Eb]gun in my pocket
[C]Pays for a round of [D]shots, and a gossip
And a [Gm]pissed-up thought in the [Eb]water closet
[C]Don't use soap, no [D]tap, don't wash it, uh
[Gm]Unspoken l[Eb]law of the land
It's [C]fashionable to have [D]blood on your [Gm]hands
And you start getting [Eb]racist
Talk about [C]refugees gеtting [D]payslips
Fifty [Gm]pounds a week for needs is [Eb]outrageous
You spend [C]nearly a ton on a [D]night gеtting wasted[Gm]wasted
Verse 2:
Reform U[Eb]UKKK
[C]"Let's make Britain [D]great again"
[Gm]Fingers click and a [Eb]monthly wage
Is a [C]thousand stellas and a [D]Lebanese takea[Gm]takeaway
I put my faith in [Eb]god [C]
And a rich man's [D]bank account
[Gm]TV says, "Few [Eb]million displaced"
[C]I say xxxxing [D]keep 'em out
Chorus:
When a [Gm]Westerner walks [Eb]into a bar
[C]Television on the M[D]Middle East corner
[Gm]Talk to the barman a [Eb]bit about cars
a [C]bit about war, and a [D]bit about Captain [Gm]America
'Bout [Eb]fifty-thousand [C]dead
What a tragic [D]tale, what a moral [Gm]dilemma
"What can we [Eb]do to help?"
Say it [C]again and again and again
Un[D]Until you've entertained [Gm]yourself
Bridge:
I said, "Hmm, ah, [Eb]if I'm being serious
[C]This service [D]is xxxx
And I don't think you're [Gm]hearing this"
The news is [Eb]depressing
Can someone turn it [C]off?
I don't wanna be [D]dancing
When another bomb [Gm]drops
Another shot, [Eb]cheap beer
And cheap [C]talk on international re[D]relations
State of the [Gm]war
State of the natio[Eb]nation
State of the rich and the poor
[C]State of the— "Who gives two [D]xxxxs 'bout some war?"[Gm]war?"
I've been waiting thirty [Eb]minutes
And I haven't had [C]another drink yet
Is the [C]country in the sink yet?[D]yet?
Is the threat of nuclear [Gm]action on the brink yet?[Eb]yet?
I will blow your mind when I [C]get the time to think[D]think
Verse 4:
Says [Gm]"Oh, the horror
I [Eb]wish I could change it
If I [C]don't get served in five [D]minutes, I'm complaining"
[Gm]Now I'm getting kicked out
[Eb]Now I've got a bottle
I might [C]wrap it up with somebody's [D]head down the cobbles
Chorus:
When a [Gm]Westerner walks [Eb]into a bar
[C]Television on the M[D]Middle East corner
[Gm]Talk to the barman a [Eb]bit about cars
a [C]bit about war, and a [D]bit about Captain [Gm]America
'Bout [Eb]fifty-thousand [C]dead
What a tragic [D]tale, what a moral [Gm]dilemma
"What can we [Eb]do to help?"
Say it [C]again and again and
again and again and again and a— Ugh
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