| D | A | G |
e-|--------------------|-----------------|-------- B-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-----------3-----|-------- G-|--2--2--2-h4-p2-p0--|--2--2--2--4-----|-------- D-|--------------------|--4--4--4--5-----|-------- A-|--------------------|--0--0--0--------|-------- E-|--------------------|-----------------|--------
| (Each verse sing words over chords D - A - G, 4x) |
| (Between verses play Main Riff 4x) |
| Words |
| D | A | G | |
| They divided up | all the | land |
| We've got states and cities |
| Cities have their neighborhoods |
| And more subdivisions |
| There's lots of area codes |
| And nine digit zip codes |
| Secret decoder ring codes |
| Arteries, shopping nodes |
| There's countries divided by walls |
| Oceans and latitudes |
| And longitudes longing to find out |
| What there missing |
| We'll invent some new computers |
| Link up the global village |
| Get API, UPI, Reuters |
| To tell everybody the news, news |
| We'll be one happy neighborhood |
| Spread out across the world |
| But who's gonna stop that burglar from breaking into my house |
| When he lives that far away |
| We'll be just like old friends |
| No means to your ends |
| The police state is too busy |
| And the neighborhood's getting out of hand |
| Big Brother on every wall |
| Muzak plays in all the halls |
| Empires see the rise and fall |
| They divide and conquer |
| It's not about my politics |
| Something happened way to quick |
| A bunch of me who played it slick |
| They divide and conquer |
| It's all here before your eyes |
| Safety is a big disguise |
| That hides among the other lies |
| They divide and conquer |
| Well I expect I won't be heard |
| Cause my silence is assured |
| Never a discouraging word |
| They divide and conquer |