Laughing Colors
"War on Drugs"

Very simple song, just listen for the timing.


        G
It was long ago
      C
Feels like a dream
           G
the day I sucked the air
       Em
from a bottle of whipped cream
      G
and I got real high
            C
and things got real slow
Em      
and I started talking like this


C
What's going on, I don't know, and then I
G
sold my car
C
for a Greatful Dead ticket
       G
and my Dad yelled at me and he grounded me
C
and he said I was a dick, it was the worst day of my
G                       C 
life, and I'll never forget
         G
but the very next day I was doing bong hits
       C
in the back of my friend's Chevette
              G
so don't tell me
                  C
we're winning the war on drugs
       G
cause drugs are like a big old can of Raid
    C
and we're all little bugs
               G
and don't tell me
            C
to not get high
              G
cause I'm as low as I can get without kissing your ass
     C
and blowing you at the same time

CHORUS
       G                  C
Man, don't tell me about love and peace
     D                     Em                  G
When one of the Jones has a handgun pointed at me
                  C 
Don't tell me to just say no
        D                  Em
I'm an addict, I say no to letting it go
G                      C
What ever happened to sex, drugs and rock and roll
G                 C
Now we just have AIDS, crack and techno

Bridge
     G        C
E--3-3-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x
B--3-3-x-x-x-1-1-x-x-x
G--0-0-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x       X 2, then D chord a few times
D--0-0-x-x-x-2-2-x-x-x
A--2-2-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-x
E--3-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

        G
So they busted me
      C        
for selling dope
      G
and I went to jail, and I wasn't forgiven
C
like that little ***er who shot the pope
                       G
and they said I had a right to remain silent
          C 
but they couldn't explain
       G
why I didn't resist, and I how wasn't violent
      C
cause all I've ever wanted is a right to remain
          G
and they questioned me, and they asked me
C
"Why?"
         G
I don't think I should be shot for selling pot
          C
it's just my little way of staying high
            G
and now my record's all ***ed up
        C
and I'm not alowed to vote
    G
and two times a wek they make me piss in a cup
     C
when all I want to do is piss down their throats

CHORUS AND BRIDGE
         G
And they told me
                  C
 that times have changed
           G
Cause our parents had Janis, Jimi and Jim
          C
but what about River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain
         G
and they told me
              C
to praise the Lord
              G
but I've been waiting so long for him to call me back
             C
I think I'm gonna go pray at Betty Ford
         G
and they told me
             C
that life is fair
       G
but I can't smoke a plant that was made by God
          C
but I can kill my wife if I'm a football player

CHORUS AND BRIDGE

END ON STRUMMING OF D CHORD