New Model Army – Western Dream (Guitar)

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[Intro]
Em     D    C
         Oh oh oh oh
Em C D
Em     D    C
         Oh oh oh oh
Em C D [Verse 1]
Em                               D                   C
Gather round and listen and I'll tell you how's it's done

Em                                    C              D
How they manage to make idiots out of everyone

Em                                 D                C
Take a human population with their hunger and their pain

Em                               C                   D
And the weaknesses that cripple them again and again
Em D Em D [Verse 2]
  Em                                D             C
Invent a splendid party where their dreams can be won

         Em                          C              D
And with bright flashing lights, the heartaches are gone

     Em                          D              C
With sex and with money and with everything for free

          Em                         C        D
Then show tantalising glimpses every night on TV
[Pre-chorus 1]
F#m                                 G
Watch the dirty hands that laboured hard for you

F#m                                G
Stretching out like children for a crumb that they can chew

       F#m                 G
Give a car and video and a little bit to spare

    Bm                              C#
And go on promising that more could all be theirs
[Chorus]
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
Em
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em C D
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em C D [Verse 3]
       Em                          D      C
The producer swears silently it cannot be heard

        Em                              C                D
And the camera crew are muttering those four letter words

 Em                           D             C
Another take is needed so the show can go on

       Em                      C           C
With a patronising smile and a popular song
[Pre-chorus 2]
     F#m                          G
They tell you when to laugh, they tell you when to cheer

       F#m                           G
So the audience at home will get the right idea

     F#m                               G
They watch like children left out of a playground gang

   Bm                               C#
Conforming their lives the way they hope will get them in
[Chorus]
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream
[Solo] Em D/F# G A Em/B D/A G D/F# Em D/F# G A Em/B D/A G D/F# Em D Em D Em
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em C D
Em   D    C
       Oh oh oh oh
Em C D [Verse 4]
   Em                                 D           C
It seems to me sometimes there's only two ways to choose

        Em                  C              D
In this whirlpool made of a thousands years

       Em                        D         C
Either live in these ghettos and know your place

       Em                           C          D
Or you trample over everyone in the human race
[Pre-chorus 3]
  F#m                        G
I wish we could find another way to go

            F#m                   G
Without the Ghost of Cain in everything we do

    F#m                           G
The bitterness in failure and the dirt in success

Bm                  C#
This is the choice, this is the choice
[Chorus]
    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream

    Em                  D
All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes

      D                           A
Every winner means a loser in the western dream