Gunship Politico State Radio
Fm (Power Chords)
On the one they'll catch you
[C#]If you skirt disaster
[G#]On the day they told her
[D#]But she want to stay, stay
[Fm]And the ones that saw you
[C#]Witnesses of Goya
[G#]Elected to serve ya
[D#]'Till your dying day
Fm (Full Barre Chord)
'Till your dying day
[C#]I hope you d[G#]on't get what [D#]you're after
[A#m]To whom it may concern
[D#]I'm writing on behalf of a brother
[Fm]Twice burned
[Fm] [D#] [Fm]
[D#]I know you be reaching your time
[Fm] [D#] [Fm]
[D#]Just a product of your mind
[G#]But when you continue to let loose on a running man
[D#]You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement
[Fm]You're doing something you don't quite understand
[A#]Making like he[C]'s a lesser man
[G#]So be gone be gone to plea
[D#]You got your vehicle to ride on
[Fm]Off to the commissioner as fast as you can
[A#]With your smoking[C] gun in hand
In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship politico
[G#]I hope you don't get what you're after
[D#]In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship politico
[G#]I hope you don't get what you're after
[D#]In your
[A#m]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship gunship
[D#]In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship gunship
[G#] [D#]
[A#m]Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight
[A#m]Cop's shadows on the wa[Fm]ll several stories ta[C#]ll instilling whoa such a fright
[A#m]One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop
[A#m]One stands in defe[Fm]nse in a broken sent[C#]ence
Asks not to be shot
[G#]If you please
[D#]You men of authority
[Fm]We do not speak your language see
[C#]Please act accordingly
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[Fm]'Cause he wasn't beggin'
[C#]He was just keeping time with his cup
[G#]You go on and believe that
[D#]You keep your eyes straight up
[Fm]I was just looking
[C#]I had no intention to touch
[G#]But I know when I'm not welcome
[D#]So I thank you very much.
[Fm]See a, see a, see the women there demonstrate
[C#]See a, see a, see them know but they will not say
[G#]See a, see a, see them set the trial date
[D#]See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face
[Fm]Watch out for them politicos
[C#]Watch out for them politicos
[G#]Watch out for them politicos
[D#]Watch out for them politicos
[Fm]Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way
[C#]They got it down pat; they got it down to a tee
[G#]No one gets through the lockstep jaw
[D#]You ain't guilty but you did get caught
[Fm]So for lack for a better suspect we nominate you
[C#]To ride this one out, to see this one through
[D#]See a, see a
See a, see a
[Fm]Arms thrown up in a ever fearful protest
[C#]As if the firing squad would ever think to notice
[G#]As if he could summon the likes of Moses
[D#]To put blood back in his friend's veins
Fm (Power Chords)
And if you're one step faster
[C#]You can skirt disaster
[G#]But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy
[D#]Who's the wrong color at the wrong time
Fm (Full Barre Chords)
Another day's over and the decision still stands
[C#]His honor in his chambers still washing his hands
[G#]You know he's been fiddling in his room all day
[D#]Just trying to wash all his conscience away
[Fm]No one's asking for hangman's tree
[C#]They just looking for something true to believe
[G#]See a, see a
[D#]See them know but they will not say
[Fm]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[C#]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[G#]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[D#]You go on and believe that, You keep your eyes straight up
[Fm]'Cause I was just looking I had no intention to touch
[C#]I was just looking, I had no intention to touch
[G#]I was just looking, I had no intention to touch
[D#]And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very [Fm]much
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