Intro
[D7#9]
Verse
[G7] [Db9] [C9#11] [D7#5]
I don't believe the things I'm seein'
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#9]
I've been wonderin' 'bout some things I've heard
[Db7b5] [C9] [F9] [E7#9]
Everybody's crying mercy
[A7] [D9#5] [Gm7] [D7#5]
When they don't know the meaning of the word
Verse
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#5]
A bad enough situation
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#9]
Is sure enough getting worse
[Db7b5] [C9] [F9] [E7#9]
Everybody's crying justice
[A7] [D9#5] [Gm7]
Just as soon as there's business first
Chorus
[Bb/Eb] [D7#5] [Bb/Eb] [D7#5]
Toe to toe, touch and go
[Bb/Eb] [D7#5] [C-9] [D7#5]
Give a cheer and get your own souvenir
Verse
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#5]
Well you know the people running round in circles
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#9]
Don't know what they're headed for
[Db7b5] [C9] [F9] [E7#9]
Everybody's crying peace on earth
[A7] [D9#5] [Gm7] [D7#5]
Just as soon as we win this war
[Guitar Solo on verse]
Chorus
[Bb/Eb] [D7#5] [Bb/Eb] [D7#5]
Straight ahead, gotta knock em dead
[Bb/Eb] [D7#5] [C-9] [D7#5]
So pack your kit, choose your own hypocrite
Verse
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#5#9]
You don't have to go to off-Broadway
[G7] [Db9] [C9] [D7#9]
To see something plain absurd
[Db7b5] [C9] [F9] [E7#9]
Everybody's crying mercy
[A7] [D9] [G7] [E7#5#9]
When they don't know the meaning of the word
[A9] [D9#5] [G7]
Nobody knows the meaning of the word