...THE WORLD ISN'T FAIR... by Randy Newman
--------------------------................

*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*


Verse 1:

     Dm (xx0231@1) AmWhen (x02210@1)Karl Marx,
      BbWas (x1333x@1)a boy,
   F (133211@1)    C7He (x32310@1)took a hard,
       FLook (133211@1)a-round.

       Am7b5
He saw people,
     D7Were (xx0212@1)starving,
    Gm (355333@1)     Gm/D
All over the place,
      C7While (x32310@1)others were,
C7+ (x32310@1)         F (133211@1)Painting the town.

Verse 2:

    FThe (133211@1)public,
Gm7       F (133211@1)Spirited boy,
         F/CBecame (133211@1)a public,
C7 (x32310@1)      F (133211@1)Spirited man.

      DmSo (xx0231@1)he worked,
     AmVery (x02210@1)hard,
       BbAnd (x1333x@1)he read,
F/A (x03211@1)Everything
   G7Un-til (320001@1)he came,
          CUp (x32010@1)with a plan.

Bridge 1:

         FThere'll (133211@1)be,
   A7 (x02020@1)   DmNo (xx0231@1)exploi-tation,
       DmOf (xx0231@1)the worker,
F7 (131241@1)    Bdim7
 Or his kin.
Dm (xx0231@1)    A7 (x02020@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)No dis-crimi-nation,
         Bb'Cos (x1333x@1)the colour,
E (022100@1)      A7 (x02020@1)Of your skin.

Dm (xx0231@1)No more,
Bbdim7   Bdim7  G#dim7
 Private proper-ty,
   Adim7
It would not,
F#dim7   C7
 Be allo-wed;

       C#No (x43121@1)one could,
Rise too high,
No one could,
F (133211@1)Sink too low,
      FOr (133211@1)go under,
    BbCom-pletely (x1333x@1)like,
G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)Some we all know.

Verse 3:

   FIf (133211@1)Marx were,
Gm7        F (133211@1)Living to-day,
        FHe'd (133211@1)be rolling,
  C7 (x32310@1)         FA-round (133211@1)in his grave.

       DmAnd (xx0231@1)if I,
        AmHad (x02210@1)him here,
      BbIn (x1333x@1)my mansion,
       F/AOn (x03211@1)the hill,
    DmI'd (xx0231@1)tell him,
  Ama (x02210@1)story;
        BbT'would (x1333x@1)give his,
            F/AOld (x03211@1)heart a chill.
     G7It's (320001@1)something,
                 CThat (x32010@1)happened to me.

Break:

         AbI'd (xx1114@1)say, Karl
  B (x2444x@1)      FI (133211@1)recently stumbled,
Ab (xx1114@1)    B (x2444x@1)      F (133211@1)Into a new fami-ly.

     C#With (x43121@1)two little,
E (022100@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)Children in school,
      C#Where (x43121@1)all little,
G7 (320001@1)             C (x32010@1)Children should be.

  AbI (xx1114@1)went to,
    B (x2444x@1)   FThe (133211@1)orien-tation,
Ab (xx1114@1)All the young,
B (x2444x@1)           F (133211@1)Mommies were there.

Verse 4:

          DmKarl, (xx0231@1)you never,
     AmHave (x02210@1)seen such,
  Bb (x1333x@1)     F/AA (x03211@1)glorious sight,
         DmAs (xx0231@1)these beautiful,
Am/C (032210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)Women ar-rayed,
        FFor (133211@1)the night.

          C#Just (x43121@1)like countesses,
Ab (xx1114@1)Empresses,
Bbm/F
 Movie stars,
    F/CAnd (133211@1)queens,
And they'd,
G7 (320001@1)Come there with,
              CMen (x32010@1)much like me;
F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)Froggish men,
   Bb (x1333x@1)        CUn-pleasant (x32010@1)to see.
Were you to,
C# (x43121@1)Kiss one, Karl;
Bb (x1333x@1)     C7 (x32310@1)Merry a prince,
            FWould (133211@1)there be.

Chorus 1:

    DmSee (xx0231@1)Karl,
    Bb7 (x13131@1)       FThe (133211@1)world isn't fair,
   BbIt (x1333x@1)isn't and,
E (022100@1)         F (133211@1)Never will be.

     Gm7
They tried,
         FOut (133211@1)your plan;
It brought,
Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)Misery in-stead.
         Gm7
If you'd seen,
         FHow (133211@1)they worked it,
         BbYou'd (x1333x@1)be glad,
         FYou (133211@1)were dead.
          BbJust (x1333x@1)like I'm glad,
    FI'm (133211@1)living in,
    Bb (x1333x@1)        FThe (133211@1)land of the free,
          BbWhere (x1333x@1)the rich,
         F/CJust (133211@1)get richer,
        BbAnd (x1333x@1)the poor,
          A7You (x02020@1)don't ever,
        DmHave (xx0231@1)to see.
It would,
   Gdim
De-press us, Karl
           F/CBecause (133211@1)we care,
         FdimThat (1201xx@1)the world,
      C7Still (x32310@1)isn't...
F (133211@1)Fair.

Outro:

F  Gm7  F,
F  C, F


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm (xx0231@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)     C7 (x32310@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0231  x02210  x13331  133211  x32310

  Am7b5    D7 (xx0212@1)    Gm (355333@1)   Gm/D    C7+ (x32310@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x01213  xx0212  355333  xx0333  x32110

   Gm7     F/C (133211@1)   F/A (x03211@1)   G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 353333  x33210  x03210  323000  x32010

   A7 (x02020@1)    F7 (131241@1)   Bdim7    E (022100@1)   Bbdim7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  131211  xx0101  022100  x12020

 G#dim7   Adim7  F#dim7    C# (x43121@1)    Ab (xx1114@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx4545  xx5656  xx2323  x46664  466544

   B (x2444x@1)    Bbm/F   Gdim (3423xx@1)  Fdim (1201xx@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24442  113321  xx3434  xx0101


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)