INDUSTRIAL DISEASE (Dire Straits) (ex "Love over Gold" album - 1982) }A | (rubato) |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | ANow (x02220@1)warning lights are flashing down in quality control. (A) Somebody threw a spanner (and) they threw it in the hole. (A) There's rumours in the Loading Bay and anger in the town. (A) Somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down. D (xx0232@1) There's a meeting in the boardroom, C, Bmthey're (x24432@1)trying to trace the smell. AThere's (x02220@1)a leaking in the washroom, Dthere's (xx0232@1)a sneak in Personnel. ESomewhere (022100@1)in the corridor someone was heard to sneeze. AGoodness (x02220@1)me, could this be Industrial Disease? AThe (x02220@1)caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post. (A) For refusing to be pacified it's him they blame the most. (A) (the) Watchdog's got rabies, the foreman's got the fleas, (A) And everyone concerned about Industrial Disease. DThere's (xx0232@1)panic on the switchboard, C, Bmtongues (x24432@1)in knots. ASome (x02220@1)come out in sympathy, some come out in spots. ESome (022100@1)blame the management 'n some the employees. AEverybody (x02220@1)knows it's the Industrial Disease. |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | AYeah, (x02220@1)now the workforce is disgusted, downs tools, walks. (A) Innocence is injured; experience just talks. (A) Everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees (A) That these are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze. DOn (xx0232@1)ITV and BBC C, Bmthey (x24432@1)talk about the curse. APhilosophy (x02220@1)is useless, theology is worse. EHistory, (022100@1)boils over, there's an economics freeze; ASociologists (x02220@1)invent words that mean "Ind- |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | -ustrial Disease" A (x02220@1)Doctor Parkinson declared "I'm not surprised to see you here. (A) You've got smoker's cough from smoking, brewer's droop from drinking beer. (A) I dunno how you came to get the Bette Davis knees, (A) but worst of all young man you've got Industrial Disease" DHe (xx0232@1)wrote me a prescription, he said C, Bm"You (x24432@1)are depressed, Abut (x02220@1)I'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest. ECome (022100@1)back and see me later: (DING!) next patient please! ASend (x02220@1)in another victim of Industrial Disease." |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | AI (x02220@1)go down to Speaker's Corner. I'm a-thunderstruck. (A) They've got free speech tourists, police in trucks. (A) Two men say they're Jesus - one of them must be wrong. (A) There's a protest singer, he's singin' a protest song - he says D"They (xx0232@1)wanna have a war C, Bmto (x24432@1)keep their factories. AThey (x02220@1)wanna have a war to keep us on our knees. EThey (022100@1)wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese. AThey (x02220@1)wanna have a war to stop Industrial Disease! AThey're (x02220@1)pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind. (A) They wanna sap your energy, incarcerate your mind. (A) They give you "Rule Britannia", gassy beer, Page Three, (A) two weeks in Espana and a Sunday striptease. DMeanwhile (xx0232@1)the first Jesus says C, Bm"I'll (x24432@1)cure it soon, Aabolish (x02220@1)Monday mornings and Friday afternoons." EThe (022100@1)other one's out on hunger strike he's dying by degrees. AHow (x02220@1)come Jesus gets Industrial Disease? |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | |A |D |E |G |D |C Bm,Am|A | | More A chord to go out with effects... :Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com
