INTRO: D  G  Em  Am

            D             G
Well, we're heading for a past
             Em               Am
That you can leave, but not defend
          D                  G
Where the downtowns hold the sadness
       Em             Am
Of you-can't-go-back-again
     D                              G
It's there you'll find the rust and debtors
Em               Am
Motel signs with missing letters


                 D              G
'Cause there's a monster on the outskirts
        Em                   Am
Says it knows what your town needs
        D               G
Then it eats it up like nothing
       Em                 Am
And it won't spit out the seeds


           Dm           G
And we can be the super shoppers
       Em               Am
We can say we're really smart
       Dm              G
We can say our town is doing fine
    Em            Am
Without a beating heart
                                   D    
We can even say the money saved is all our own
                G
It's bought and sold
                Am
It's bought and sold


          D             G
Now we're heading for a nasty business
Em                Am
Keeps our country growing
          D                  G
Where the weapons that we're selling
        Em               Am
Are the only seeds we're sowing
           D                  G
You get to blow the fruits of all your labours
     Em                Am
Sell F-16′s to all the neighbours


       D                  G
And we know that it's for money
           Em                Am
And that's how the west gets bargained
             D              G
You know the last time this happened
     Em          Am
Even Vietnam got jargoned


            Dm                 G
And you can say they're out to hunt you
        Em                 Am
You can say they're out to fish you
        Dm             G
You can join a gang of restless boys
   Em               Am
Or start your own militia
                                  D    
You can even say your violence is all your own
                G
It's bought and sold
                Am        
It's bought and sold


INSTRUMENTAL: D                G F A    D  C  A


        D              G
Well, I look up to the people
        Em               Am
Who are less bought than I
        D                     G
You can show them what you're selling
            Em           Am
And they'll only ask you why
      D                     G
Their pay checks don't have lots of zeros
Em                                Am
They're my friends and they're my heroes


        D           G
And the TV sets are angry 
            Em                  Am
'Cause they just can't make 'em pay
      D                  G
But I like the way these people
         Em              Am
Read the signs and walk away


       Dm                 G
We can call ourselves the makers
        Em             Am
And the keepers of the times
       Dm             G
We can spend our sand dollars
         Em               Am
And sand nickels and sand dimes
                              D    
We can even say prosperity is all our own
                G
It's bought and sold
                Am
It's bought and sold
                                  D
We can even say our loneliness is all our own
                G
It's bought and sold
                Am
It's bought and sold
                D    G
E|t's| bought and sold--
                Am      Em  Am
It's bought and sold