Chords for The Government Can
Tempo:
134.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A#
F
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[E] Uncle Sam, hey Uncle Sam
Hey everybody, gather round!
anything you like.
mortgages, whatever you like.
place.
Who can take your money?
[F#] A twinkle [B] in their [F#]
eye
Hey everybody, gather round!
anything you like.
mortgages, whatever you like.
place.
Who can take your money?
[F#] A twinkle [B] in their [F#]
eye
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B
A#
F
C#m
E
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A#
_ _ [E] Uncle Sam, _ _ _ hey Uncle Sam _ _
Hey everybody, gather round!
I'm here to [B] give you anything you like.
You want free [E] college, energy, [B]
mortgages, whatever you like.
You have come to the right place.
Why?
I'll tell [E] you why. _
_ Who can take your money?
_ [C#m] _
_ [F#] A twinkle [B] in their _ [F#] _ _
eye
[A] Take it all away and [G#m] give it to some [C#] other guy.
The government, [F#m] _ the [E] government
_ The government can, the government can
Who can tax the sunrise?
Who can [C#m] tax the sunrise?
[F#m] Who can tax [B] the trees?
Who can [E] tax the trees?
[A] Let's run [Am] a business [G#m] and collect up [C#m] all the fees.
The government, [F#] _ [E] the government
Oh, the government can, the government [C#m] can
[E] And the government [F#] can [B] cause they mix it up with lies and [E] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[A] The government takes [A#] everything we make
[B] To pay for all of their solutions.
[E] _ [A#] Health care, [D#] climate [G#m] change, pollution
[C#] _ [G#m] Throw away the _ [B] Constitution
_ _ _ _ _ And who can give a [E] bailout?
Who can give a [F#m] bailout?
Tell us [B] to behave, tell us [E] to behave
[A] And make the [Am] founding fathers [G#m] roll over [C#m] in their grave.
The government, [F#] _ [E] the government
Oh, the government can, the government [C#m] can
And the [F#] government can cause they mix it up with lies and [E] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[A] The government takes [A#] everything we make
[E] They're power hungry and malicious
_ _ [A#] Their [G#m] economics are fictitious
[C#] _ _ Soon we'll [A] have to eat [B] our dishes. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Delicious!
[F] Oh, who can be a failure?
Who can [D] be a failure?
In so [C] many [Cm] ways.
In so [F] many ways.
And [A#] instead of getting [A#m] fired, hey, [Am] we'll give [Dm] ourselves a raise.
The government, [Dm] _ [F] the government
Oh, the government can, [Am] the government can
[G] And the government can [A#] cause they mix it up with lies and [F] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[G] And your Uncle Sam can [A#] cause he mixes [C] it with lies and [F] makes it all taste good.
[Am] Makes it all taste good
And it feels [Bm] so good [A#] cause the government [C] says [F] I should.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey everybody, gather round!
I'm here to [B] give you anything you like.
You want free [E] college, energy, [B]
mortgages, whatever you like.
You have come to the right place.
Why?
I'll tell [E] you why. _
_ Who can take your money?
_ [C#m] _
_ [F#] A twinkle [B] in their _ [F#] _ _
eye
[A] Take it all away and [G#m] give it to some [C#] other guy.
The government, [F#m] _ the [E] government
_ The government can, the government can
Who can tax the sunrise?
Who can [C#m] tax the sunrise?
[F#m] Who can tax [B] the trees?
Who can [E] tax the trees?
[A] Let's run [Am] a business [G#m] and collect up [C#m] all the fees.
The government, [F#] _ [E] the government
Oh, the government can, the government [C#m] can
[E] And the government [F#] can [B] cause they mix it up with lies and [E] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[A] The government takes [A#] everything we make
[B] To pay for all of their solutions.
[E] _ [A#] Health care, [D#] climate [G#m] change, pollution
[C#] _ [G#m] Throw away the _ [B] Constitution
_ _ _ _ _ And who can give a [E] bailout?
Who can give a [F#m] bailout?
Tell us [B] to behave, tell us [E] to behave
[A] And make the [Am] founding fathers [G#m] roll over [C#m] in their grave.
The government, [F#] _ [E] the government
Oh, the government can, the government [C#m] can
And the [F#] government can cause they mix it up with lies and [E] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[A] The government takes [A#] everything we make
[E] They're power hungry and malicious
_ _ [A#] Their [G#m] economics are fictitious
[C#] _ _ Soon we'll [A] have to eat [B] our dishes. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Delicious!
[F] Oh, who can be a failure?
Who can [D] be a failure?
In so [C] many [Cm] ways.
In so [F] many ways.
And [A#] instead of getting [A#m] fired, hey, [Am] we'll give [Dm] ourselves a raise.
The government, [Dm] _ [F] the government
Oh, the government can, [Am] the government can
[G] And the government can [A#] cause they mix it up with lies and [F] make it all taste good.
Make it all taste good
[G] And your Uncle Sam can [A#] cause he mixes [C] it with lies and [F] makes it all taste good.
[Am] Makes it all taste good
And it feels [Bm] so good [A#] cause the government [C] says [F] I should.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _