Amused to Death[1992]
Amused to Death-Roger Waters
Chords
Bm A G
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
Bm A G
This supermarket life is getting long
Bm A G Em
What is the heart life of a colour TV
Bm A G Em
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
C F
D G
Ooh western woman
D G
Ooh western girl
Bm A
News hound sniffs the air
G
When Jessica Hahn goes down
Bm A G
He latches on to that symbol Of detachment
Bm A G
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
Bm A G
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
Em C
D G
Ooh western woman
D G
Ooh western girl
D
And the children of Melrose
Strut their stuff
G
Is absolute zero cold enough
D
And out in the valley warm and clean
G
The little ones sit by their TV screens
D
No thoughts to think
G
No tears to cry
Bm
All sucked dry
Bm A G
Down to the very last breath
Em A
Bartender what is wrong with me
Em A
Why am I so out of breath
Em A
The captain said excuse me ma'am
Em A
This species has amused itself to death
D G
Amused itself to death
D G
Amused itself to death
D
We watched the tragedy unfold
G
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
D G
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
D
We ohhed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
G
We ate our last few jars of caviar
D
And somewhere out there in the stars
G
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
D
Our last hurrah
A
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
D G
They checked out all the data on their lists
D
And then the alien anthropologists
G G/F# Em
Admitted they were still perplexed
D
But on eliminating every other reason
G
For our sad demise
D G
They logged the only explanation left
Bm
This species has amused itself to death
Em A Em A
No tears to cry no feelings left
Em A
This species has amused itself to death
Bm A G
