Chords for This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues
Tempo:
58.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
The mayor hides the [A] crime rates, councilwoman hesitates
Public gets irate, but forgets the vote [E] dates
Weatherman [A] complaining, predicted sun it's raining
[E] Everyone's protesting, [A] boyfriend keeps [F#] suggesting
You're [E] not like all of the rest
Garbage ain't collected, [A] women ain't protected
[E] [A] Politicians using, people they're abusing
[E] The mafia's getting [A] bigger, like pollution in the river
And you [B] tell me that [E] this is where it's at
[A] I woke up this morning with an ache in my head
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
I opened the window to listen to the news
[B] But all I heard was the establishment's blues
Gun sales [A] are soaring, housewives find life boring
[E] Divorce the only [A] answer, smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry [F#] young tune
And [E] that's a concrete whole fact
The Pope digs [A] population, freedom from [E] taxation
Teeny bops are [A] uptight, drinking at a [E] stoplight
Mini skirt is flirting, [A] I can't stop so I'm hurting
[F#] Spencer [B] sells her [E] hopeless chest
Adultery plays the kitchen, [A] vingar cops love fiction
[E] The little man [A] gets shafted, sons and money's drafted
[E] Living by a [A] timepiece, New or in the Far East
Can [B] you pass the [E] Rorschach test?
[A] It's a hassle, it's an educated guess
[B] Well frankly I [E] couldn't care less
The mayor hides the [A] crime rates, councilwoman hesitates
Public gets irate, but forgets the vote [E] dates
Weatherman [A] complaining, predicted sun it's raining
[E] Everyone's protesting, [A] boyfriend keeps [F#] suggesting
You're [E] not like all of the rest
Garbage ain't collected, [A] women ain't protected
[E] [A] Politicians using, people they're abusing
[E] The mafia's getting [A] bigger, like pollution in the river
And you [B] tell me that [E] this is where it's at
[A] I woke up this morning with an ache in my head
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
I opened the window to listen to the news
[B] But all I heard was the establishment's blues
Gun sales [A] are soaring, housewives find life boring
[E] Divorce the only [A] answer, smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry [F#] young tune
And [E] that's a concrete whole fact
The Pope digs [A] population, freedom from [E] taxation
Teeny bops are [A] uptight, drinking at a [E] stoplight
Mini skirt is flirting, [A] I can't stop so I'm hurting
[F#] Spencer [B] sells her [E] hopeless chest
Adultery plays the kitchen, [A] vingar cops love fiction
[E] The little man [A] gets shafted, sons and money's drafted
[E] Living by a [A] timepiece, New or in the Far East
Can [B] you pass the [E] Rorschach test?
[A] It's a hassle, it's an educated guess
[B] Well frankly I [E] couldn't care less
Key:
E
A
B
F#
E
A
B
F#
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The mayor hides the [A] crime rates, councilwoman hesitates
Public gets irate, but forgets the vote [E] dates
Weatherman [A] complaining, predicted sun it's raining
[E] Everyone's protesting, [A] boyfriend keeps [F#] suggesting
You're [E] not like all of the rest
Garbage ain't collected, [A] women ain't protected
[E] [A] Politicians using, people they're abusing
[E] The mafia's getting [A] bigger, like pollution in the river
And you [B] tell me that [E] this is where it's at
[A] I woke up this morning with an ache in my head
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
I opened the window to listen to the news
[B] But all I heard was the establishment's blues
_ Gun sales [A] are soaring, housewives find life boring
[E] Divorce the only [A] answer, smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry [F#] young tune
And [E] that's a concrete whole fact
The Pope digs [A] population, freedom from [E] taxation
Teeny bops are [A] uptight, drinking at a [E] stoplight
Mini skirt is flirting, [A] I can't stop so I'm hurting
[F#] Spencer [B] sells her [E] hopeless chest
Adultery plays the kitchen, [A] vingar cops love fiction
[E] The little man [A] gets shafted, sons and money's drafted
[E] Living by a [A] timepiece, New or in the Far East
Can [B] you pass the [E] Rorschach test?
[A] It's a hassle, it's an educated guess
[B] Well frankly I [E] couldn't care less _ _ _ _ _
The mayor hides the [A] crime rates, councilwoman hesitates
Public gets irate, but forgets the vote [E] dates
Weatherman [A] complaining, predicted sun it's raining
[E] Everyone's protesting, [A] boyfriend keeps [F#] suggesting
You're [E] not like all of the rest
Garbage ain't collected, [A] women ain't protected
[E] [A] Politicians using, people they're abusing
[E] The mafia's getting [A] bigger, like pollution in the river
And you [B] tell me that [E] this is where it's at
[A] I woke up this morning with an ache in my head
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
I opened the window to listen to the news
[B] But all I heard was the establishment's blues
_ Gun sales [A] are soaring, housewives find life boring
[E] Divorce the only [A] answer, smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry [F#] young tune
And [E] that's a concrete whole fact
The Pope digs [A] population, freedom from [E] taxation
Teeny bops are [A] uptight, drinking at a [E] stoplight
Mini skirt is flirting, [A] I can't stop so I'm hurting
[F#] Spencer [B] sells her [E] hopeless chest
Adultery plays the kitchen, [A] vingar cops love fiction
[E] The little man [A] gets shafted, sons and money's drafted
[E] Living by a [A] timepiece, New or in the Far East
Can [B] you pass the [E] Rorschach test?
[A] It's a hassle, it's an educated guess
[B] Well frankly I [E] couldn't care less _ _ _ _ _