D
She stares at the screen
At the little words of green
           Am     G          D
Tries to remember what to do next

D
There's a trace of frustration
That crosses her face
Am                 G                 D
Searching for the keys she should press

[Chorus 1]
F
And I would help her
        D
If I only know how
              C                       F
But these things are a mystery to me too

        D               G
And it seems that the corporate
Am              G
Eyes they are watching
      D             G
She fears for her job
            Am          G
And the moments are passing
     D               G
I stare at her nametag
      Am          G
And think to myself
             D               C
Both you and I, we never asked
       D
For any of this

[Verse 2]
                D 
So let's take a walk
Up past the chemical works
            Am G              D 
Where the sky turns green at night
           D 
And we'll talk about
Bout getting away from here
      Am        G       D
Some different kind of life

[Chorus 2]
    F                     D 
But even in the freshest mountain air
           C                        F  
While the jet fighters practice overhead
              D             G
And they're drilling these hills
      Am       G
For uranium deposits
             D        G
And they'll bury the waste
          Am           G  
For our children to inherit
      D            G
And though this is all done
    Am       G           D 
For our own benefit, I swear
         C         D 
We never asked for any of this

[Verse 3]
                 D 
Well this golden age of communication
                Am   G            D 
Means everyone talks at the same time
     D 
And liberty just means
Some freedom to exploit
     Am      G             D 
Any weakness that you can find

[Chorus 3]
       F               D
We'll turn off the TV just for a while
         C                       F 
Let us whisper to each other instead
           D             G        Am 
And we'll hope that the corporate ears
        G
Do not listen
   D               G         Am 
Unless we find ourselves committing
               G
Some kind of treason
     D            G
And filed in the tapes
          Am            G
Without rhyme, without reason
            D                G
While they tell us that it's all
        Am      G           D 
For our own protection, I swear
         C         D 
We never asked for any of this...