Jack Johnson – The News - Natural Mystic (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
A                            Bm
A billion people died on the news tonight

A                            Bm
But not so many cried at the terrible sight

              A
Well mama said
It's just make believe
C#m
You can't believe everything you see

   Bm                                  D           Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies

               A
On the news tonight
[Verse 2]
A                                      Bm
Who's the one to decide that it would be alright

A                           Bm
To put the music behind the news tonight

            A
Well mama said
You can't believe everything you hear
C#m                            Bm
The diagetic world is so unclear

                          D        C#m
So baby close your ears

             Bm
On the news tonight

               F#m
On the news tonight

   Bm                             F#m
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
[Bridge]
   Bm
We used to read a fairytale to our children

F#m
Send them off to dream with a conversation

    Bm
but now we just turn on the television

     F#m
They gonna learn to love with no imagination

Bm
Send them off to dream with to much information

    F#m
The gonna learn to love with no imagination

A       E
Mmmmmmmmmm
[Verse 3]
A                                                  Bm
Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die

   A                                               Bm
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
A
It's just make believe

C#m
You cant believe everything you see

   Bm                               D    Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies

       A           Bm A
On the news tonight
[Natural Mystic] F#m A E F#m
          Bm             E                   F#m
There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.

       Bm             E                F#m
If you listen careful-ly now, you will hear.

           Bm           F#m      Bm                   F#m
This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last.

     Bm                F#m
Many more will have to suffer,

     Bm                E                 F#m
Many more will have to die; don't ask me why.
[Verse 2]
Bm                  E                F#m
 Things are not the way they used to be,

         Bm      F#m
I won't tell no lie,

        Bm          E         F#m
One and all have to face reality

            Bm                F#m        Bm                     F#m
Though I've tried to find the answer, to all the questions they ask.

       Bm           F#m
Though I know it's im-possible,

      Bm                 E                   F#m
To go living through the past; don't tell no lie

          Bm             E                   F#m
There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.

       Bm             E                F#m
If you listen careful-ly now, you will hear.

           Bm           F#m      Bm                   F#m
This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last.

     Bm                F#m
Many more will have to suffer,

     Bm                E                 F#m
Many more will have to die; don't ask me why.