Chords for Sam Steffen - Words Words Words
Tempo:
120.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
1492, [G] Chris Columbus [D] and his crew [G]
discovered [D] folks a-living [A] in some islands to the west
[D]
promised to be kind, then went and changed their [G] minds, made most of [D] them their slaves, [A] and put the rest of them to death
[B] but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose that the terms of his agreement [A] just weren't heard, heard, heard
[D] but it's getting late, how long you [D] gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise was [A] just words, [D] words, words
[A]
[D] in 1838, Andrew [G] Jackson did create a paper [D] saying that the natives [A] would receive their promised land
[D] made a reservation zone, drove them into Oklahoma, leaving Cherokee and Choctaw [A] blood in the [D] Mississippi sand
but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose that [G] the lion [D] simply couldn't have endured, endured, endured
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[A]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] in 1864, [G] trying to end a civil war, Mr.
Lincoln [D] signed a paper [A] saying that all slaves should be freed [D] soon as he let them go
in came the old Jim Crow, [G] and the [D] rest you know [E] is [D] history
[Bm] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the promise [D] had only [A] been deferred, deferred, [D] deferred
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] 1954, [G] in a case called [D] Brown v.
Board, [G] the Supreme Court [D] ruled public schools [A] must integrate their [D] kids
took their time of course [G] with getting it enforced, and before anything [D] could happen, it was just [A] like nothing [D] ever did
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't [G] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the ruling [D] was too good to [A] have occurred, occurred, occurred
[D] it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just [D] words, words, [F#m] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
words
1982, Ronald Reagan tried and true, [G] said he'd increase [D] public safety [A] and on crime he waged a war
for Reagan, being safe had to do with [D] class and race, [G] most of the folks [D] he rounded [A] up were young and black and [D] poor
if [B] I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose [G] that the law was [A] meant to keep us all secured, secured, secured
[D] but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, [G] words
[D] [A]
[D] 1992, [G] the war on crime and drugs just grew, Mr.
Clinton [A] said he had a plan and that it would be unfurled
[D] built prisons left and right, [G] filled them practically overnight, now the U.S. has [A] more prisoners than any nation [D] in the world
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the lockdown was a [A] bad dream that emerged, emerged, emerged
it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you admit [D] that the lockdown [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
2001, [F#m] weapons of [D] mass destruction [G] were the [D] excuse Mr.
Bush [A] used to reinvade Iraq
[D] and though the nukes were never found, [G] the country was [D] torn down [G] and U.S. oil [D] prices fell [A] a little bit after [D] that
[B] if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the reason [D] couldn't have been [A] so absurd, absurd, absurd
[D] but it's getting [G] late, how long [D] you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the reason [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
now the verses of this [F#m] song could [G] go on and on and on, the lies [D] my leaders told [A] me are too numerous to name
[D] but I'm getting tired [G] and my patience [D] has expired and as we move into the future, the [A] song will stay the same
[G#]
[B] if I didn't [F#m] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that one's government and [D] all things should [A] be just, just, just
[D] but it's getting late, how [G] long you gonna wait, before [G] you admit [D] if it'll be just, [A] it'll have to [D] be up to [G] us
[A]
[D] Thank you
[B] [A#]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
1492, [G] Chris Columbus [D] and his crew [G]
discovered [D] folks a-living [A] in some islands to the west
[D]
promised to be kind, then went and changed their [G] minds, made most of [D] them their slaves, [A] and put the rest of them to death
[B] but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose that the terms of his agreement [A] just weren't heard, heard, heard
[D] but it's getting late, how long you [D] gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise was [A] just words, [D] words, words
[A]
[D] in 1838, Andrew [G] Jackson did create a paper [D] saying that the natives [A] would receive their promised land
[D] made a reservation zone, drove them into Oklahoma, leaving Cherokee and Choctaw [A] blood in the [D] Mississippi sand
but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose that [G] the lion [D] simply couldn't have endured, endured, endured
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[A]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] in 1864, [G] trying to end a civil war, Mr.
Lincoln [D] signed a paper [A] saying that all slaves should be freed [D] soon as he let them go
in came the old Jim Crow, [G] and the [D] rest you know [E] is [D] history
[Bm] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the promise [D] had only [A] been deferred, deferred, [D] deferred
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] 1954, [G] in a case called [D] Brown v.
Board, [G] the Supreme Court [D] ruled public schools [A] must integrate their [D] kids
took their time of course [G] with getting it enforced, and before anything [D] could happen, it was just [A] like nothing [D] ever did
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't [G] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the ruling [D] was too good to [A] have occurred, occurred, occurred
[D] it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just [D] words, words, [F#m] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
words
1982, Ronald Reagan tried and true, [G] said he'd increase [D] public safety [A] and on crime he waged a war
for Reagan, being safe had to do with [D] class and race, [G] most of the folks [D] he rounded [A] up were young and black and [D] poor
if [B] I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose [G] that the law was [A] meant to keep us all secured, secured, secured
[D] but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, [G] words
[D] [A]
[D] 1992, [G] the war on crime and drugs just grew, Mr.
Clinton [A] said he had a plan and that it would be unfurled
[D] built prisons left and right, [G] filled them practically overnight, now the U.S. has [A] more prisoners than any nation [D] in the world
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the lockdown was a [A] bad dream that emerged, emerged, emerged
it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you admit [D] that the lockdown [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
2001, [F#m] weapons of [D] mass destruction [G] were the [D] excuse Mr.
Bush [A] used to reinvade Iraq
[D] and though the nukes were never found, [G] the country was [D] torn down [G] and U.S. oil [D] prices fell [A] a little bit after [D] that
[B] if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the reason [D] couldn't have been [A] so absurd, absurd, absurd
[D] but it's getting [G] late, how long [D] you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the reason [A] was just words, [D] words, words
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
now the verses of this [F#m] song could [G] go on and on and on, the lies [D] my leaders told [A] me are too numerous to name
[D] but I'm getting tired [G] and my patience [D] has expired and as we move into the future, the [A] song will stay the same
[G#]
[B] if I didn't [F#m] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that one's government and [D] all things should [A] be just, just, just
[D] but it's getting late, how [G] long you gonna wait, before [G] you admit [D] if it'll be just, [A] it'll have to [D] be up to [G] us
[A]
[D] Thank you
[B] [A#]
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
B
D
G
A
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ 1492, [G] Chris Columbus [D] and his crew [G]
discovered [D] folks a-living [A] in some islands to the west
_ [D]
promised to be kind, then went and changed their [G] minds, made most of [D] them their slaves, [A] and put the rest of them to death
[B] but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose that the terms of his agreement [A] just weren't heard, heard, heard
[D] but it's getting late, how long you [D] gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise was [A] just words, [D] words, words _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ in 1838, Andrew [G] Jackson did create a paper [D] saying that the natives [A] would receive their promised land
[D] made a reservation zone, drove them into Oklahoma, leaving Cherokee and Choctaw [A] blood in the [D] Mississippi sand
but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose that [G] the lion [D] simply couldn't have endured, endured, endured
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, _ [D] words, words
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ in 1864, [G] trying to end a civil war, Mr.
Lincoln [D] signed a paper [A] saying that all slaves should be freed [D] soon as he let them go
in came the old Jim Crow, [G] and the [D] rest you know [E] is [D] history
_ _ [Bm] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the promise [D] had only [A] been deferred, deferred, [D] deferred
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, _ words
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ 1954, [G] in a case called [D] Brown v.
Board, [G] the Supreme Court [D] ruled public schools [A] must integrate their [D] kids
took their time of course [G] with getting it enforced, and before anything [D] could happen, it was just [A] like nothing [D] ever did
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't [G] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the ruling [D] was too good to [A] have occurred, occurred, occurred
[D] it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just [D] words, words, _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ words
1982, _ Ronald Reagan tried and true, [G] said he'd increase [D] public safety [A] and on crime he waged a war
for Reagan, being safe had to do with [D] class and race, [G] most of the folks [D] he rounded [A] up were young and black and [D] poor
if [B] I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose [G] that the law was [A] meant to keep us all secured, secured, secured
[D] but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, _ _ [G] words
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ 1992, [G] the war on crime and drugs just grew, Mr.
Clinton [A] said he had a plan and that it would be unfurled
[D] built prisons left and right, [G] filled them practically overnight, now the U.S. has [A] more prisoners than any nation [D] in the world
[C#m] _ if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the lockdown was a [A] bad dream that emerged, emerged, emerged
it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you admit [D] that the lockdown [A] was just words, [D] words, _ words
[G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2001, [F#m] weapons of [D] mass destruction [G] were the [D] excuse Mr.
Bush [A] used to reinvade Iraq
[D] and though the nukes were never found, [G] the country was [D] torn down [G] and U.S. oil [D] prices fell [A] a little bit after [D] that _
[B] if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the reason [D] couldn't have been [A] so absurd, absurd, absurd
[D] but it's getting [G] late, how long [D] you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the reason [A] was just words, [D] words, words
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ now the verses of this [F#m] song could [G] go on and on and on, the lies [D] my leaders told [A] me are too numerous to name
[D] but I'm getting tired [G] and my patience [D] has expired and as we move into the future, the [A] song will stay the same
_ [G#]
[B] if I didn't [F#m] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that one's government and [D] all things should [A] be just, just, just
[D] but it's getting late, how [G] long you gonna wait, before [G] you admit [D] if it'll be just, [A] it'll have to [D] be up to [G] us
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ Thank you
_ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ 1492, [G] Chris Columbus [D] and his crew [G]
discovered [D] folks a-living [A] in some islands to the west
_ [D]
promised to be kind, then went and changed their [G] minds, made most of [D] them their slaves, [A] and put the rest of them to death
[B] but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose that the terms of his agreement [A] just weren't heard, heard, heard
[D] but it's getting late, how long you [D] gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise was [A] just words, [D] words, words _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ in 1838, Andrew [G] Jackson did create a paper [D] saying that the natives [A] would receive their promised land
[D] made a reservation zone, drove them into Oklahoma, leaving Cherokee and Choctaw [A] blood in the [D] Mississippi sand
but if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose that [G] the lion [D] simply couldn't have endured, endured, endured
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, _ [D] words, words
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ in 1864, [G] trying to end a civil war, Mr.
Lincoln [D] signed a paper [A] saying that all slaves should be freed [D] soon as he let them go
in came the old Jim Crow, [G] and the [D] rest you know [E] is [D] history
_ _ [Bm] if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the promise [D] had only [A] been deferred, deferred, [D] deferred
but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, _ words
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ 1954, [G] in a case called [D] Brown v.
Board, [G] the Supreme Court [D] ruled public schools [A] must integrate their [D] kids
took their time of course [G] with getting it enforced, and before anything [D] could happen, it was just [A] like nothing [D] ever did
[C#m] if [F#m] I didn't [G] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the ruling [D] was too good to [A] have occurred, occurred, occurred
[D] it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you [D] admit that the promise [A] was just [D] words, words, _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ words
1982, _ Ronald Reagan tried and true, [G] said he'd increase [D] public safety [A] and on crime he waged a war
for Reagan, being safe had to do with [D] class and race, [G] most of the folks [D] he rounded [A] up were young and black and [D] poor
if [B] I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, I'd [D] suppose [G] that the law was [A] meant to keep us all secured, secured, secured
[D] but it's getting late, how long you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the promise [A] was just words, [D] words, _ _ [G] words
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ 1992, [G] the war on crime and drugs just grew, Mr.
Clinton [A] said he had a plan and that it would be unfurled
[D] built prisons left and right, [G] filled them practically overnight, now the U.S. has [A] more prisoners than any nation [D] in the world
[C#m] _ if [F#m] I didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the lockdown was a [A] bad dream that emerged, emerged, emerged
it's getting late, [G] how long you gonna wait, before you admit [D] that the lockdown [A] was just words, [D] words, _ words
[G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2001, [F#m] weapons of [D] mass destruction [G] were the [D] excuse Mr.
Bush [A] used to reinvade Iraq
[D] and though the nukes were never found, [G] the country was [D] torn down [G] and U.S. oil [D] prices fell [A] a little bit after [D] that _
[B] if I [F#m] didn't know [G] any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that the reason [D] couldn't have been [A] so absurd, absurd, absurd
[D] but it's getting [G] late, how long [D] you gonna wait, [G] before you admit [D] that the reason [A] was just words, [D] words, words
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ now the verses of this [F#m] song could [G] go on and on and on, the lies [D] my leaders told [A] me are too numerous to name
[D] but I'm getting tired [G] and my patience [D] has expired and as we move into the future, the [A] song will stay the same
_ [G#]
[B] if I didn't [F#m] know any better, [D] I'd suppose [G] that one's government and [D] all things should [A] be just, just, just
[D] but it's getting late, how [G] long you gonna wait, before [G] you admit [D] if it'll be just, [A] it'll have to [D] be up to [G] us
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ Thank you
_ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _