A5 Tension D5 Tension A5 E5 Tension it's all that I know A5 I got tension out in traffic D5 I got tension in my office A5 E5 A5 I got tension and it's everywhere that I go (Spoken) A5 E5 After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters F#5 A5 The good guy put a bullet right through his head E5 The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been F#5 tied, justice is irrelevant D5 Violent problems need violent solutions A5 E5 'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead It's called box office, baby A5 D5 E5 A5 It's bigger than the damn Stones (Spoken) A5 E5 Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction F#5 D5 A5 'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you E5 But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions F#5 D5 It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose A5 E5 You see people....people still love drugs D5 A5 D5 E5 A5 Y'all do anyway...I'm over it Tension Tension Tension it's all that I know I got tension in my classroom I got tension in my courtroom I got tension and it's everywhere that I go (Spoken) A5 E5 When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy F#5 D5 A5 But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door A5 E5 So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me F#5 D5 A5 E5 'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore A5 D5 Republicans E5 That's what scares people these days A5 D5 E5 A5 That and Democrats (Chorus)