Chumbawamba – More Whitewashing (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G D C C D
G D C C D
[Part A 1]
G D C C D Children in school forced to the desk G D C C D Finger the atlas and study the text G D C C D Lies and opinion presented as fact G D C C D Taught to accept, and never to ask
[Part B 1]
G Those smiling workers in Ladybird books D They're not picking coffee at all C They're busy with bricks and mortar D Building the company wall
[Part A 2]
G D C C D Flickering pictures hypnotise G D C C D We spend our lives watching others' lives G D C Too much watching to realise C D G D C C D That this is a smokescreen and this is why people die
[Part B 2]
G Those smiling news presenters D They're not reading cue-cards at all C They're busy with brush and bucket D Whitewashing the company wall
[Part A 3]
G D C C D Set yourself up and play it again G D C C D Force the tears and entertain G D C C D Sing about a world of make-believe G D C C D Force this charity and leave
[Part B 3]
G Rich people who claim to know what's wrong with this world D Can't know anything at all C They're busy giving the orders D For us to build their second homes
[Interlude]
G D C C D Flickering pictures hypnotise G D C C D Flickering pictures hypnotise
[Part B 4]
G D And we who take the orders
(Flickering pictures hypno-
C C D And refuse to question it all
tise)
G D We're busy with spade and Bible
(Flickering pictures hypno-
C C D Burying the poor
tise)
[Part A 4]
G D C C D We spend our lives watching others' lives
(Burying the poor Burying the poor)
G D C Too much watching to realise
(Burying the poor Burying the
C D G D C C D N.C. That this is a smokescreen and this is why people die
poor Burying the poor)
[Interlude]
Am C#m D D
[Part C]
Am C#m Mass-manufactured and given away D D Blinkers to get you through your day Am C#m So you'll never ever know to what extent you're involved D D Easily fooled, all your problems solved Am C#m You'll say starvation has nothing to do with you D D You saw it in print, so it must be true Am C#m And the documentary explained it all D D It's a simple matter of birth control
[Drum Fill]
N.C.
N.C.
[Outro]
N.C.
And if you send a little money you can sleep tonight
N.C.
Or starve in sympathy on a Limmits Diet
N.C.
And you know that charity cures malnutrition
N.C.
And hunger put the sparkle back in television
Am C#m Hunger put the sparkle back in television D D Hunger put the sparkle back in television Am C#m Hunger put the sparkle back in television D D Hunger put the sparkle back in television