So I've been trying to find chords for this song for about 3 years now. I
determined most of them by watching the "Bathroom Sessions" version. It's pretty
simple, so I'm kind of surprised nobody has tabbed it out yet. Very underrated
song, in my opinion! This is pretty much 100% right, except for the bridge. But it
sounds fine, it's just not exactly how Ed plays that part. But no matter, I hope you enjoy!
-JoeyLeddz
Standard tuning [EADGBE]
NO Capo
All the chords in this song are played as follows:
: 320033
: x32033
: xx0232
(3rd fret): xxx343
(5th fret): xxx565
: x20033
: x22033
: xx0212
(4th fret)/(4 Fr): x54055
: 200033
, , , (3rd fret), (5th fret)
We sent in the army
They sounded alarms we
(3rd fret) (5th fret)
Saw it coming from a mile away.
We kept it off radar
Cause we had to say our
(3rd fret) (5th fret)
Intentions were to save the day.
[Pre-Refrain]
Why did you fail to see?
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
And they were shocked and they were awed
(4th fret)
and they were blown in half
Fun and games
We're just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun
(4th fret)
Would be a powder keg
We kept it all long-range
and made a regime change
You'd have thought it would have been a gas
But when it got ugly
We sat around smugly
Because you bought our little joke en masse
[Pre-Refrain]
Don't look at me that way
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
We knew your sons and daughters
Would be blown in half
Fun and games
We're just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun
Would be a powder keg
Put a smile on
We're the ones that you selected
Leave that dial son
Because we just got re-elected
In a while our
Bill of rights will be rejected
and all the blame will be deflected
the forests will be unprotected
the nation's poor will be neglected
creation myth is resurrected
a new salute is genuflected
a gallup poll will be respected
gallows pole will be erected
(Strum very fast, then mute the note at the end)
all this will go undetecteeeeeeeeeeeed
While you all slumbered
We sat and crunched numbers
Of all the causalities we could afford
There's no need to draft them
You could hear us laugh then
The poor and black all need the room and board
[Pre-Refrain]
Did I say that out loud?
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
And now our very nation has been blown in half
Fun and games
We're just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun
Would be a powder keg
[Coda]
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(4th fret)
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(4th fret)
It's a powder keg
(4 Fr)
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
[End on ]