Tension

Todd Snider

ATension (x02220@1)ss
DTension (xx0232@1)ss
A (x02220@1)                      E||
Tension ssit's all that I know 
        A (x02220@1)I got tension out in traffic 
        D (xx0232@1)I got tension in my office 
        A (x02220@1)                              E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A 
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go

(Spoken) 
 A (x02220@1)                                   EAfter (022100@1)the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters 
  F#m (244222@1)                              AThe (x02220@1)good guy put a bullet right through his head 
                                                     EThe (022100@1)screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been 
                    F#mtied, (244222@1)justice is irrelevant 
                        DViolent (xx0232@1)problems need violent solutions 
                 A (x02220@1)                        E'Cause (022100@1)in America we like our bad guys dead

It's called box office, baby 
                                  A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)AIt's (x02220@1)bigger than the damn Stones

(Spoken)

A (x02220@1)                                                       EWell (022100@1)they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction 
             F#m (244222@1)                     D (xx0232@1)    A'Cause (x02220@1)they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you 
                                                               E (022100@1)              
But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions 
                    F#m (244222@1)                                            DIt's (xx0232@1)not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose 
A (x02220@1)                             EYou (022100@1)see people....people still love drugs 
               D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)AY'all (x02220@1)do anyway...I'm over it

Tension ss
Tension ss
Tension ssit'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) 
A (x02220@1)                                        EWhen (022100@1)rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy 
    F#m (244222@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                ABut (x02220@1)soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door 
A (x02220@1)                                   ESo (022100@1)now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me 
F#m (244222@1)                              D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)          E'Cause (022100@1)they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore 
A (x02220@1)        DRepublicans (xx0232@1)                            E (022100@1)       
That's what scares people these days 
                    A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)AThat (x02220@1)and Democrats

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