Chords for Graham Parker | Protection (HQ)

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[E] _ _ [F#] So [E] all of you be [A] damned, we [D] can't have heaven [B] crammed.
So Winston Churchill said, I [E] should've smacked his [F#m] head.
And [E] all of those [A] infected, waiting [D] to be [B] collected.
I must get out at any price, before the [E] feeling gets too [F#m] nice.
Just [D] can't get, just [A] can't get no [E] protection.
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_ [F#] Every [E] bomb is [A] detonated, every [D] switch is thrown.
And [B] everybody tells me, don't be scared, act as [F#] if you never cared.
So [G#m] I wear a blank expression, to [D] conceal my real [B] impression.
Turn off all the information, radios [E] just pick up that [F#m] station.
Just [D] can't get, just [A] can't get no [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] protection.
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[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] So [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] turn up this sound, [D] I'm ready to go [A] down.
I don't [C] know [G] myself, I don't know you [D] either.
Your fellow [C] dissent, is something I [D] discovered.
I know [C] you've been [A] mixing, with big brother's brother.
I say it ain't the knife through [C] the heart, that tears you [A] apart.
It's just the thought of [Am] someone, it's just the thought of someone.
It's just the thought [D] of someone, sticking it in, _ sticking it in. _ _
[F#] So [E] if you think that's [A] funny, I'm not [D] really laughing [B] honey.
Your love letters, are confetti, I ripped them [E] up, my hands were [F#m] sweaty.
And [E] then those gassy [A] faces, [D] recurring nightmare [B] places.
Happy hours coming down, much too [E] soft and much too [F#m] long.
Just [D] can't get, just [A] can't get no [E] protection.
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[B] Turn [D] off all the information, radios [E] just pick up that station. [D] Protection, _ _ protection.
[E] It [B] ain't the knife [D] through the heart that tears you apart.
It's just the thought of someone, [E] sticking it in.
Protection, _ [F#] yeah protection.
[B] _ _
Switch it off, [E] switch it off, switch it [D] off, switch, switch [E] it off, switch it off.
[B] Protection, _ yeah [D] protection.
_ You wanna hide, you wanna hide, you wanna hide, hide, [E] hide.
Protection, [E] yeah [D] protection.
Yeah protection, can't get protection.
Can't get protection.
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