B / A / E //// //// //// ////

E                               A
The mayor hides the crime rate, council woman hesitates
E                  A
Public gets irate, but forget the vote date
E                           A
Weather man complainin', predicted sun, it's raining
E                      A
Everyone's protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting
F#        B                    E
you're not like all of the rest
E                        A
Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected
E                  A
Politicians using, people they're abusing
E                                A
The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river
F#                   B                  E
And you tell me that this is where it's at

A
Woke I this morning with an ache in my head

Splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed

I opened the window to listen to the news
B7
But all I heard was the establishment blues

E                      A
Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life borin'
E                        A
Divorce the only answer, smoking causes cancer
E                                   A
The system's gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune
F#  B                      E
And that's a concrete cold fact!
E                         A
The pope digs population, freedom from taxation
E                       A
Teeny bops are uptight, drinking at a stop light
E                        A
Miniskirt is flirting, I can't stop so I'm hurting
F#       B                  E
Spinster sells her hopeless chest
E                           A
Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction
E                        A
Little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted
E                       A
Living by a time piece, new war in the far east
F#      B                  E
Can you pass the Rorschach test
A                                           B7
It's a hassle, it's an educated guess, well frankly I couldn't care less