Misc Unsigned Bands – Hugh Laurie - A Protest Song (Ukulele)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Protest Song (SNL) – Hugh Laurie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorded by: Koryr Email: [email protected] On October 28th, 2006, in a Saturday Night Live sketch right before Beck’s musical performance, Hugh Laurie performed an old song from his days with A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
Tuning: Standard F-F-F-F-E-F'
Harmonica Key : G
Original SNL Video : http://www.snotr.com/video/347 Note: The intro contains harmonica on the fourth and fifth bar. Laurie tends to do some hammer-ons at the optional (C). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | F F | F F | F F | F Am F F | F Am F F | F F | F F |
  F                          Am              F                 F  (F)
Well, the poor keep getting hungry, and the rich keep getting fat

  F          Am                F                     F  (F)
Politicians change, but they're never gonna change that.

  F              Am               F                  F  (F)
Girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe

  Dm                 F
All we gotta do is.. [ mumbles incoherently ] 
Break: | F F | F F |
  F                             Am            F            F  (F)
Well, the winds of war are blowin', and the tide is comin' in

  F                            Am                    F                        F  (F)
Don't you be hopin' for the good times, because the good times have already been.

  F                      Am             F                 F  (F)
But, girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe

  Dm                 F
All we gotta do is.. [ mumbles incoherently ] 

  Am           Dm
It's so easy, to see

  Am                             F
If only they'd listen, to you and me.

  F          F                   F                 F
We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] as fast as we can

  F          F                   F                    F
We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] every woman, every man

  F          F                   F              F
We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] time after time

  F          F                   F              F
We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] vodka and lime.
Break: | F F | F F |
  F                         Am            F              F  (F)
Well, the world is gettin' weary, and it wants to go to bed

  F           Am               F                     F  (F)
Everybody's dyin', except the ones who are already dead.

  F                 Am       F                     F  (F)        
Girl, we got the answer, starin' us right in the face

  Dm
All we gotta do is

  Dm
All we gotta do is

  Dm
All we gotta do is.
[ pauses, then blows on the harmonica and finishes with outro ] Outro: | F Am F F | F Am F F | F F |