E|----0----------------------------0---------------------------------| B|-------3-2--------------------------3-2----------------------------| G|------------2^^^^^4^2--0----------------2^^^^^4^2--0---------------| D|-------------------------2--0h2----------------------2--0h2--------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0----------------------------0---------------------------0--------|[Verse 1]E7 Well I'm about to get upsetE7 From watchin' my TVE7 Checkin' out the newsE7 Until my eyeballs fail to seeE7 I mean to say that every dayE7 Is just another rotten messE7 And when it's gonna change, my friendE7 Is anybody's guess [Chorus]A So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'A Hopin' for the bestB Even think I'll go to prayin'B Every time I hear 'em sayin'E7 That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every dayE7 No way to delay that trouble comin' every day [Verse 2]E7 Wednesday I watched the riotE7 I seen the cops out on the streetE7 Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuffE7 And chokin' in the heatE7 Listened to reportsE7 About the whisky passin' 'roundE7 Seen the smoke and fireE7 And the market burnin' downE7 Watched while everybody on his street would take a turnE7 To stomp n' smash n' bash n' crash n' slash n' bust n' burn [Chorus]A And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'A Hopin' for the bestB Even think I'll go to prayin'B Every time I hear 'em sayin'E7 That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every dayE7 No way to delay that trouble comin' every day [Verse 3]E7 Well, you can cool it, you can heat itE7 Cause, baby, I don't need itE7 Take your TV tube and eat itE7 'N all that phony stuff on sportsE7 'N all the unconfirmed reportsE7 You know I watched that rotten boxE7 Until my head begin to hurtE7 From checkin' out the wayE7 The newsman say they get the dirtE7 Before the guys on channel so-and-soE7 And further, they assertE7 That any show they'll interruptE7 To bring you news if it comes upE7 They say that if the place blows upE7 They will be the first to tellE7 Because the boys they got downtownE7 Are workin' hard and doin' swellE7 And if anybody gets the news before it hits the streetE7 They say that no one blabs it fasterE7 Their coverage can't be beatE7 And if another woman driverE7 Gets machine-gunned from her seatE7 They'll send some joker with a BrownieE7 And you'll see it all complete [Chorus]A So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'A Hopin' for the bestB Even think I'll go to prayin'B Every time I hear 'em sayin'E7 That there's no way to delayE7 That trouble comin' every dayE7 No way to delayE7 That trouble comin' every day [Bridge]E7 Hey, you know something people?E7 I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white [Verse 4]E7 Well, I seen the fires burnin'E7 And the local people turnin'E7 On the merchants and the shopsE7 Who used to sell their brooms and mopsE7 And every other household itemE7 Watched a mob just turn and bite 'emE7 And they say it served 'em rightE7 Because a few of them are whiteE7 And it's the same across the nationE7 Black and white discriminationE7 Yellin' "You can't understand me!"E7 'N all that other jazz they hand meE7 In the papers and TVE7 And all that mass stupidityE7 That seems to grow more every dayE7 Each time you hear some nitwit sayE7 He wants to go and do you inE7 Cause the color of your skinE7 Just don't appeal to himE7 (No matter if it's black or white)E7 Because he's out for blood tonight [Verse 5]E7 You know we got to sit around at homeE7 And watch this thing beginE7 But I bet there won't be manyE7 Live to see it really endE7 Cause a fire in the streetE7 Ain't like a fire in the heartE7 And in the eyes of all these peopleE7 Don't you know that this could startE7 On any street in any townE7 In any state if any clownE7 Decides that now's the time to fightE7 For some ideal he thinks is rightE7 And if a million more agreeE7 There ain't no Great SocietyE7 As it applies to you and meE7 Our country isn't freeE7 And the law refuses to seeE7 If all that you can ever beE7 Is just a lousy janitorE7 Unless your uncle owns a storeE7 You know that five in every fourE7 Just won't amount to nothin' moreE7 Gonna watch the rats go across the floorE7 And make up songs about being poor [Outro]E7 "Blow your harmonica, son!"
Trouble Every Day
Mothers Of Invention
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Tom: