...THE WORLD ISN'T FAIR... by Randy Newman
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*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)
