| D | G | Asus2 | |
| He left his | drea | ms in the | alley |
| G | G/D | D | |
| Betrayed by | false | beliefs |
| G | G/D | G6 | |
| Checks the | time on his | watch again |
| D | Asus2 | |
| This world is | spinning into over | drive |
| D | G | Asus2 | |
| History is | happening | now |
| G | G/D | D | |
| Lessons of | abject | failure |
| G | G/D | G6 | |
| Do the | leaders | sleep while | thousands die |
| D | Asus2 | |
| To | protect from weapons of | imagination |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| These Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| D | G | Asus2 | |
| When | opportunity means | firing a | gun |
| G | G/D | D | |
| Looks a lot | like past em | pires |
| G | G/D | G6 | |
| The | ruling | class doesn't | fight the wars |
| D | Asus2 | |
| With stock | options and fortunes | to be made |
| D | G | Asus2 | |
| More | reason for | hope in the | future |
| G | G/D | D | |
| When this | present is | almost | past |
| G | G/D | G6 | |
| Sweet black | crude and | Red White and Blue |
| D | Asus2 | |
| May the | innocent find the | answer |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| To these Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| To these Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| Joe Citizen | blues |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| And the | world | spins around with | head bowed down |
| D | Asus2 | G | |
| At one | thousand | seventy | miles an hour |
| A6/7sus | A6/7* | |
| repeated, end on D |