(intro) C Am F C G

                                                         C                                       Am
    Hey, Baby I just got back from town where the bribes are paid,
                                                   F
    honey, they turned my offer down,
                                                  C          G
    they say the deal's already made.
                                               C                                  Am
    So now I must stand and watch while it all comes down,
                                                F
    and the buzzards and the hawks,
                                                               C         G
    and the judges and the mob circle around.

                                    C                    Am
    Now if I were the queen of all the world,
                             F
    I would fall in chains,
                               C      G
     just to see you free
                                 C                                     Am
    of the ropes that bind you and the role you play,
                                    F
    and the pride that hooks you,
                                            C      G
    while the big ones get away.

C
    Love junkies wanna change the world:
Am
      it quickly stays the same,
F
    and money junkies hire all the smart ones,
C                                      G
    power junkies run the game

                              C                Am
    One step at a time, Polarity Hill,
                                       F
    if the bad guys don't get you, baby,
                                     C       G
    then the good guys will.
                                    C                                      Am
    With angels on the take and gangsters in the yard,
                                               F
    hey, don't the wars come easy,
                                                 C        G
    hey, don't the peace come hard.

                              C                       Am
    Now, if I had a way to reach the sky,
                                          F
    I'd grab that crescent moon,
                                                                  C       G
    wield it like a knife, save you from the lies,
                                     C                                     Am
    from the ropes that bind you and the role you play,
                                     F
    and the game that hooks you,
                                              C     G
     while the big ones get away.

( C Am F C G )  (3x)