Big Country – What Are You Working For (Guitar)

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[Intro] Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 C G Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 C G [Verse 1]
    Am                       F                     F7
There was a crooked man and he wore a crooked smile.

   C                              G                       Gaug
He built a crooked highway and it ran for miles and miles.

     Am                      F                      F7
With money from the revenue, sponsorship from Ford.

   C                              G                     Gsus4
It barely holds together with the goodwill of the Lord.
[Instrumental] Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 Amadd9 G6 C G [Verse 2]
       Am                          F                    F7
In the penthouse of the baron, the little children sleep

C                                  G                    Gaug
Daddy talks to smugglers while the armed gorillas creep.

Am                             F                     F7
Poison for the great unwashed, business for the mob.

  C                              G                  Gsus4
Another teenage murder it’s just trouble on the job
[Chorus]
  Fsus2   C       Gsus4   C
e|---------------------------------|
B|----1-------1-------1-------1----|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|3-------2-------0----------------|
A|------------------------3--------|
E|---------------------------------|
  Now I  see what I must  see

     Fsus2  C        Gsus4   C
The poor do time the rich go free

Fsus2        C         Gsus4     C
You keep the faith and they keep score

   Am        G        F
Is this what you were working for
[Solo] Am G Am Em Am G Am F G Am [Verse 3]
  Am                      F                     F7
A newsleak in the city, another scandal breaks.

C                           G                      Gaug
Sex and drugs in city hall, someone’s on the make.

Am                    F                        F7
Legal bounty hunters, aim their lawsuits well.

    C                              G                      Gsus4
The victim talks to Playboy says I guess I’ll go to hell.
[Chorus]
  Fsus2   C       Gsus4   C
E|---------------------------------|
B|----1-------1-------1-------1----|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|3-------2-------0----------------|
A|------------------------3--------|
E|---------------------------------|
  Now I  see what I must  see

     Fsus2  C        Gsus4   C
The poor do time the rich go free

Fsus2        C         Gsus4     C
You keep the faith and they keep score

   Am        G        F
Is this what you were working for
[Solo] Am G Am Em Am G Am F G Am Am F Am G Am F Dm F [Chorus]
  Fsus2   C       Gsus4   C
E|---------------------------------|
B|----1-------1-------1-------1----|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|3-------2-------0----------------|
A|------------------------3--------|
E|---------------------------------|
  Now I  see what I must  see

     Fsus2  C        Gsus4   C
The poor do time the rich go free

Fsus2        C         Gsus4     C
You keep the faith and they keep score

   Am        G        F
Is this what you were working for
[Outro] Am G Am Em Am G Am F G Am Am F Am G Am F Dm F