Chords for Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma EP (1980)

Tempo:
137.55 bpm
Chords used:

A

C

Em

G

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma EP (1980) chords
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[N] 1, [A] 2, 3, go, [G#] I've got an ego, it won't let me go, what am I [E] gonna do?
ABCD, paranoid, killing me, I'm dying on me aching knees, what a way to go.
Roll up, roll up, keep a little [Em] soul up, the ride on the garage, no thank you.
Big cats, small cats, some just fat cats, those with the bags, that's what we're gonna do.
[E]
There's an [A#] awful lot of people in the world today.
There's an [G] awful lot of trouble on the street these days.
And it doesn't [C] seem to matter what you do or say.
The [G] train's gotta happen, gotta help it on its way.
[E] The [A] train's gotta come before too long, [E] I know.
[Am]
The pizza's gotta come and I could be wrong, [E] I know.
[C] But I just don't [D] know [E] what I can do.
You don't [A] trust me and I [C] don't trust you.
I'll bet you wish you did and I know I do.
[E] [C#m] Why have you got seats just cos I know you have?
[E] If you've got [A] something to hide then it must [C] be bad.
The [Am] train's gotta come before too [E] long, I know.
The [Am] pizza's gotta come and I could be [E] wrong, I know.
But I [D] just don't know what I [E] can do.
[B]
[F] [Em]
[Cm] [E]
[B]
[F] [E]
[B] [G]
[B] [G]
[B] [C] [D]
You [E] don't trust me and I don't trust you.
I'll bet you wish [C] you did and I know I do.
Why have you got seats just cos I know you have?
[E] If you've [G#] got something to hide then it must [C] be bad.
[A] The train's gotta come before too [E] long, I know.
The [A] pizza's gotta come and I could be [E] wrong, I know.
[C] But I [G] just don't [D] know [Gm] what I can do.
[G] War!
[C]
[C#m]
[A] [G] [A]
[C] [A] [G] [A]
[C] [A]
[C] [A] War!
[G] [A]
[C] [Am] [G] [A] War!
[C] [A] A war in Afghanistan!
[C] [A] A war in Northern Ireland!
[C] [Am] A war in South [G] America!
[Am]
[C] [A] A war [G] in Africa!
[Am]
[C] [A] A war!
[G] [A]
[C] Violence!
[A] War!
[G] [A] Oppression!
[C] [Am] Violence [G] in London!
A war in Britain!
[A]
[C] [Am] A war in Bristol!
[A]
[C] [Am] A war in [G] New [A] York!
[C] [Am] A war in [Gm] London!
[A]
[C] [Am] A war!
[G] [Am]
[C] Violence!
[Am] War!
[G] [A] Oppression!
[C] [Am] A war [G] in London!
[A]
[C] [A] A war in the [G] [A] Stonehouse!
[C] [Am] A war [G] in my [A] head!
[C] [A] A war [G] in my [A] head!
[C] [A] A war!
[Gm] [A] War!
[C] [A] War!
[Gm] [A] War!
[G]
[C] [G] [E]
[D] [C]
[Em] [C]
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [E]
[F#m]
[Bm]
[A] [B] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[B] [A] The [Em] birds!
The birds!
The birds!
The birds!
[D] [Em] If you've got a job, [F#] then you can be an agent.
You [Em] can work for revolution.
In the West of England. [Bm] Violence!
If you've [A] got a job, then you can be an agent.
[B] You can work for revolution.
In [A] the West of England.
[B] [A] In the West [Bm] of England.
[A] In the West of England. [Em] The birds!
The birds!
The birds!
[D] [Em] If you've got a [Bm] job,
whoever [Em] treats you like a fly,
[F#m] [Em] whoever treats you like a dog,
In the conference [Bm] ground.
If you're working an office when you [A] take full of bosses,
[B] they are getting richer [A] off ten pounds a pie.
They might think you're stupid, but you're working undercover.
[Bm] Job's not for taking piss.
[A] This guy's like [Em] the birds!
[D] The [Em] birds!
[D]
[Em] The birds!
The birds!
If you've got a [F#m] job,
he's [Em] for something else to do.
For everything they've got you chatting.
[F#m] The [Em] bosses are bitches.
[B] If you've got a job,
you [A] know you're paying a night's worth of work.
In a kitchen, you're a reading shimmy flick.
[B] If you are missing an [A] auditory arrest,
then [B] you don't have to do [A] it.
Can't live here.
[Em] The birds!
The birds!
The birds!
[D] The [C] birds!
[Em]
[Bm]
[A] [Em] The birds!
[E] The birds!
The [Em] birds!
The birds!
[D] [Em] If you've got a job,
[Bm]
[Em] you can be an agent.
[F#m] You [Em] can work for revolution.
[F#m] [Em] In the place of employment.
[D]
[Bm] If you've got a job,
you're [Am] a company agent.
You [B] can work for revolution in the [A] place of employment.
Lower than a fucking gold spanner in the world.
You can't find a job.
It's a red hot.
[E] The birds!
[D] The [Em] birds!
The [E] birds!
The birds!
Key:  
A
1231
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
E
2311
A
1231
C
3211
Em
121
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To start learning Zounds - Cant Cheat Karma chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, C, A, G, A, Am and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 69 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 138. Given the song's key of C# Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[N] 1, [A] 2, 3, go, [G#] I've got an ego, it won't let me go, what am I [E] gonna do?
_ ABCD, paranoid, killing me, I'm dying on me aching knees, what a way to go.
Roll up, roll up, keep a little [Em] soul up, the ride on the garage, no thank you.
Big cats, small cats, some just fat cats, those with the bags, that's what we're gonna do. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's an [A#] awful lot of people in the world today. _ _
_ _ There's an [G] awful lot of trouble on the street these days.
And _ it doesn't [C] seem to matter what you do or say. _ _ _
The [G] train's gotta happen, gotta help it on its way. _
_ _ _ [E] The [A] train's gotta come before too long, [E] I know.
_ _ _ [Am]
The pizza's gotta come and I could be wrong, [E] I know. _
_ _ [C] But I just don't [D] know _ [E] what I can do.
_ _ _ You don't [A] trust me and I [C] don't trust you.
_ _ _ I'll bet you wish you did and I know I do. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [C#m] Why have you got seats just cos I know you have? _
_ _ [E] _ If you've got [A] something to hide then it must [C] be bad.
_ _ _ _ The [Am] train's gotta come before too [E] long, I know. _
_ The [Am] pizza's gotta come and I could be [E] wrong, I know.
_ _ _ But I _ [D] just don't know _ what I [E] can do.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ You [E] don't trust me and I don't trust you.
_ _ _ I'll bet you wish [C] you did and I know I do. _ _ _ _
_ Why have you got seats just cos I know you have?
_ _ _ [E] If you've [G#] got something to hide then it must [C] be bad.
_ _ _ [A] The train's gotta come before too [E] long, I know. _
_ The [A] pizza's gotta come and I could be [E] wrong, I know.
_ _ [C] But I [G] just don't [D] know [Gm] _ what I can do.
[G] _ _ _ War!
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] War!
[G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [A] War! _
[C] _ [A] A war in Afghanistan! _ _
[C] _ [A] A war in Northern Ireland! _ _
[C] _ [Am] A war in South [G] America!
[Am] _ _
[C] _ [A] A war [G] in Africa!
[Am] _ _
[C] _ [A] A war!
[G] _ _ [A] _
[C] Violence!
_ [A] War!
[G] _ _ [A] Oppression!
[C] _ _ [Am] Violence [G] in London!
A war in Britain!
[A] _ _
[C] _ [Am] A war in Bristol!
[A] _ _
[C] _ [Am] A war in [G] New [A] York! _
[C] _ [Am] A war in [Gm] London!
[A] _ _
[C] _ [Am] A war!
[G] _ _ [Am] _
[C] Violence!
_ [Am] War!
[G] _ _ [A] Oppression!
[C] _ [Am] A war [G] in London!
[A] _ _
[C] _ [A] A war in the [G] _ [A] Stonehouse! _
[C] _ [Am] A war [G] in my [A] head! _
[C] _ [A] A war [G] in my [A] head! _
[C] _ [A] A war!
[Gm] _ _ [A] War!
[C] _ _ [A] War!
[Gm] _ _ [A] War!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ The [Em] birds! _
_ The birds!
_ The birds!
_ _ The birds! _
[D] _ [Em] If you've got a job, [F#] _ then you can be an agent.
You [Em] can work for revolution.
_ In the West of England. [Bm] Violence! _
If you've [A] got a job, then you can be an agent.
[B] You can work for revolution.
In [A] the West of England.
_ [B] _ _ [A] In the West [Bm] of England.
_ [A] In the West of England. [Em] The birds! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The birds!
_ _ The birds! _
[D] _ _ [Em] If you've got a [Bm] job,
whoever [Em] treats you like a fly,
[F#m] _ [Em] whoever treats you like a dog,
_ In the conference [Bm] ground.
If you're working an office when you [A] take full of bosses,
[B] they are getting richer [A] off ten pounds a pie.
They might think you're stupid, but you're working undercover.
[Bm] Job's not for taking piss.
[A] This guy's like [Em] the birds! _
[D] _ The [Em] birds!
_ [D] _ _
[Em] The birds!
_ _ The birds! _
_ _ If you've got a [F#m] job,
he's [Em] for something else to do.
_ For everything they've got you chatting.
[F#m] _ The [Em] bosses are bitches. _ _
[B] If you've got a job,
you [A] know you're paying a night's worth of work.
In a kitchen, you're a reading shimmy flick.
[B] If you are missing an [A] auditory arrest,
then [B] you don't have to do [A] it.
Can't live here.
[Em] The birds! _
_ _ The birds!
_ The birds!
_ [D] _ _ The [C] birds! _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] The birds!
_ [E] The birds!
_ _ The [Em] birds!
_ _ _ The birds! _ _
[D] _ [Em] If you've got a job,
[Bm] _ _
[Em] you can be an agent.
[F#m] _ You [Em] can work for revolution.
[F#m] _ [Em] In the place of employment.
[D] _ _
[Bm] If you've got a job,
you're [Am] a company agent.
You [B] can work for revolution in the [A] place of employment.
Lower than a fucking gold spanner in the world.
You can't find a job.
It's a red hot.
[E] The birds!
[D] _ The [Em] birds!
_ _ The [E] birds!
_ _ _ The birds! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song finds its place within the Can’t Cheat Karma / War / Subvert album.

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