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