Chords for Loudon Wainwright 'Y2K' VRC0107

_ _ _ _ Now you know what Y2K is, right?
In [Eb] America, that's what we call the Millennium Bug.
[E] Everybody's getting kind of relaxed about it.
Everything's cool.
No problems.
Nobody's really worried, right?
Front [F] page, today's paper, [Em] 80 [Eb] countries show risk for [F] year 2000 [Eb] computer woes. _
The US State Department survey [Ab] of 161 nations has found that about half of the country
[Eb] face a medium [E] to high risk of year 2000 computer breakdowns [Gm] in their [Eb]
telecommunications,
energy and [E] transportation sectors.
[Eb] That's a scary word, sectors, I want to tell you that.
[Gm] Which may have an impact on international _ [F] trade.
_ _ [Ab] _ Folks, _ _ _ [F] I got the song [E] for [Em] it.
_ _ It's [Ebm] a little thing called [E] Y2K. _
_ It's a single from New Social Studies' CD. _ _
_ _ Now there's a sing-along part in this thing and I want you to check it out.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ I'm looking around for my James Brown funk band. _
_ _ _ Saxophone. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Once again, the rainy days are all the way [Em] back.
I've had the crazy little kids that call you back.
For years now, they've been upgrading that thing.
Now you can walk and talk, count a million, knit your neat, sing.
It can help you with school, church, business and work.
Make you feel like a genius, even though you're a jerk.
_ You get a computer, you sit it and you laugh.
It's just a little bit of this, it does a whole lot of that.
It can boot you up [E] and blow you down.
I've been a minute [Em] now, you're going to rule this town.
Put your head in control tonight.
You believe it's coming your way on New Year's Eve.
_ You want these moments to come.
Here _ it [E] comes now.
_ _ [Em] _ That's your part.
_ _ No one ain't a virus, it's just a little thing.
What's done by my crazy hacking son of a bitch.
[C] Surrounded and doing things you can't blame him.
Makes you geek when your glasses [Em] are still a silly grin. _ _
Billionaire Bill, that's the one you [E] can hate.
If you want to [Abm] blame someone, blame _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
him.
[Em] Bill said we'd make money, Bill said we'd have fun.
Remember Alex, you knew him in 2001.
_ _ _ For a time machine that rolled out from my fence.
[E] It was 1900 all over [Em] again.
Put your head in control tonight.
You believe it's coming your way on New Year's Eve.
_ Oh, I hear that first.
You know me and my first love.
Hey, what do you say?
Here it comes [E] now.
Pretty [Em] _
_ _ good for the end of the world. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ People coming down the intermission super high.
We're able to be on the dirt road if we don't mind you kids.
Call me old face, call me a fool.
Call me a luddite, you can call me a cool.
But we used to imagine, question and dream.
[E] Now all of our answers come [B] up on some [E] screen.
_ _ _ _ _ I _ want you to sing now for your brothers and sisters.
Here it comes.
One, _ _ two. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ better get ready [G] now.
Be very afraid because your money's no good and you'll never get paid.
And the [E] car won't start and the phone [Em] won't work.
And the juice won't squeeze and the coffee won't perk. _
_ No more decaf latte, baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You've been doing the monkey but there'll be a new twist.
You'll still be alive but you will not exist.
The stock market will crash, the air traffic will stop.
You won't find a doctor, _ forget about a cop. _ _ _
_ _ _ There'll be a lot of lawyers that put in a dissent.
[E] It's an apocalypse now and it's standard area.
[Em] So I, you believe, so I believe. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Meanwhile, _ way over there in the old ancient Middle East.
Them dudes, they're all as they're having a feast.
[E] _ Because the end is at hand and they're down on their knees.
They've been checking out all the bad-ass [Em] prophecy.
_ This ride you [F] do, it is the latest [E] craze.
[Eb] Lock and load for the fun [Em] days. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] Well, I saw you on the plane playing solitaire on that little [Em] laptop.
With Mary of Cair.
Life's easy now but it could get hard.
[E] Pretty soon you're going to have to use [Eb] a deck of [Em] real cards.
And _ _ he's talking loud. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, what is it?
[E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, I hope everybody's [E] stocking up.
You know, getting your next shot of those, you know, _ [Em] probationary.
_ A lot of [E] bottled water and Paul Newman products.
[Em] _ _ [E] _
A lot of hot and black ice cream.
_ Don't forget [Em] your flashlight, Mary. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Oh, yeah, one more thing before [Em] I go. _ _
_ Don't forget your _ _ freeze _ _ _ _ drag. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You can't block this.
I _ _ want you to smile.
_ [E] _ Two. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Two.
_ _ _ Three.
_ [Em] _
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[Ab] _ Take your arms up. _ _ _
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[N] _ Now rest.
Now go.
_ Thank _ you.
_ _ [B] _ .
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