E F#m A F#m E [Verse 1] F#m E A D So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed Bm D A E So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head F#m E A D And all of those infected waiting to be collected Bm D A E I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice [CHORUS] F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E D E Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection A D A D A Protection, protection [Verse 2] F# E A D Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown Bm D A E And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared F#m E A D So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression Bm D A E Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station [CHORUS] F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E D E Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection A D A D A Protection, protection [Verse 3] F#m A So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down Bm D I don't know myself, I don't know you either F#m A You're full of disease it's something I discovered Bm D I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother F#m A It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart Bm D It's just the thought of someone Bm D It's just the thought of someone Bm D F#m A F#m A It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in [Verse 4] F#m E A D So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey Bm D A E Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty F#m E A D And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places Bm D A E Happy hours come and gone much too short and much too long [CHORUS] F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E Just can't get, just can't get no protection F#m D A E D E Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection A D A D E Protection, protection [Verse 5] F#m D A E Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station A D A D A D E Protection protection protection F#m A It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart Bm D F#m A It's just the thought of someone sticking it in A D A D Protection protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off D Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off D Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide? D You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection D PEAT AND FDE