| Intro and Chorus Pattern (Strumming): |
| A | E | A |
e------||----------------------------------|| B- | -||--- | - | --- | --- | ------- | --||"||o||" are not same as "0"= G- | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o|| ||o|| indicate repeat sign D- | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o|| A- / (tie) / - / --- / --- / --- 0 - / (tie) E- ---||------------------------ 0 -------||
| d | u | d | d | d | d | |
| Verse Pattern (Strumming): |
| A | D | A | E | |
| | | | | | | | | "u" -- up strum |
| | | | | rest | | | | "d" -- down strum |
| u | d | u | d | u | d | u | d | |
| Intro: Intro Pattern (8X) |
| Verse: (using verse pattern) |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| You got me in a corner |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| You got me against the wall |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| I got no where to go |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| I got no where to fall |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| Take back your insurance |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E |
| Baby nothin' is guaranteed |
| A,A/D,D A,A/E,E A,A/D,D(let ring) |
| Take back your acid rain Baby |
| A | |
| L | et your TV bleed |
| Chorus: (using chorus pattern) |
| A,E,E,E (4X) D,A,A,A (2X) |
| You're jammin' me You're jammin' me |
| A,E,E,E (2X) |
| Quit jammin' me |
| B (normal strumming) |
| Baby you can keep me painted in a corner |
| A (normal strumming) A,E,E,E |
| You can look away but it's not over |
| Verse 2: |
| Take back your angry slander |
| Take back your pension plan |
| Take back your ups and downs of |
| Your life in raisin-land |
| Take back Vanessa Redgrave |
| Take back Joe Piscopo |
| Take back Eddie Murphy |
| Give 'em all some place to go |
| Chorus |
| Release: |
| Bm | G | |
| Take back y | our Iranian torture |
| A | F#m | |
| And | the apple in young Steve's | eye |
| Bm | G | |
| Yeah take back y | our losing streak |
| D A,E,E,E(8X) |
| Check your front wheel drive |
| Verse 3: |
| Take back Pasadena |
| Take back El Salvador |
| Take back that country club |
| They're tryin' to build outside my door |
| Chorus |