Capo: 5th fret 
 
INTRO: C9 G Am D 

G
  Don't wanna read the paper 
Em
 I don't like bad news 
Am
 Last night a man got shot 
   D
Outside the house of blues 
G
  I'd like to ignore it 
Em
 I'd like to just pretend 
Am
 That the reason for it 
             D
Is something I can comprehend 
G
  I don't listen to the radio 
     Em
Last time it made me cry 
Am
 Two boys went crazy 
D
  Fifteen kids died 
G
  And I don't know there familys 
        Em
I don't ask them how there going 
             Am
There on the other side of the world 
        D
But its way to close to home 
 C9
I got something to say 
                 G
And I thought it might be worth a mention 
        Am
If your not pissed off at the world 
          D
Then your just not payin' attention 
C9
 You can turn off the TV 
G
 And go about your day 
Am
 but just cause you don't see it 
         D
It don't mean it's gone away, hey  
 
INTRO 
   G
We don't talk to our neighbours 
            Em
They've got funny colored skin 
Am
 We see 'em out on the sidewalk 
       D
But we don't invite 'em in 
G
 We only eat when were hungry 
       Em
And we throw the rest away 
      Am
While babys in Cambodia 
    D
Are starvin' everyday 
   G
We risk our lives, we hit our wives 
       Em
We act like everything is funny 
   Am
We hide our pain while we go insane 
   D
We sell our souls for money 
   G
We curse our mums, we build our bombs 
   Em
We make our children cry 
   Am
We watched the band while Vietnam 
     D
Just watched their children die 
 
CHORUS 
 C9 G         Am  D
 It won't go away   
             C9       G
It won't go awaaaaaay  
             Am                                  D
It won't go away, it won't go away, it won't go away 
             C9        G
It won't go awaaaaaay   
             Am                                  D
It won't go away, it won't go away, it won't go away 
            C9   G Am D
Make it go away   
 
INTRO (x2)