A 
Tension  
D 
Tension  
A                        E 
Tension it's all that I know  
        A  
I got tension out in traffic  
        D  
I got tension in my office  
        A                                E A  
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go  
 
(Spoken)  
 A                                     E 
After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters  
  F#m                                A 
The good guy put a bullet right through his head  
                                                     E 
The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been  
                    F#m 
tied, justice is irrelevant  
                        D 
Violent problems need violent solutions  
                 A                          E 
'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead  
 
It's called box office, baby  
                                  A  D  E  A 
It's bigger than the damn Stones  
 
(Spoken)  
 

A                                                         E 
Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction  
             F#m                       D      A 
'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you  
                                                               E                 
But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions  
                    F#m                                              D 
It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose  
A                               E 
You see people....people still love drugs  
               D              A  D  E  A 
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)  
A                                          E 
When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy  
    F#m                          D                  A 
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door  
A                                     E 
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me  
F#m                                D                      A            E 
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore  
A          D 
Republicans 
                            E          
That's what scares people these days  
                    A  D  E  A 
That and Democrats  
 
(Chorus)