Sting – Jeremiah Blues Part 1 (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D                G
It was midnight, midnight at noon

D               G
Everyone talked in rhyme

D                G
Everyone saw the big clock ticking

D            F      G
Nobody knew, nobody knew the time

D                  G
Elegant debutantes smiled

D                   G
Everyone fought for dimes

D                       F
Newspapers screamed for blood

Em                 Bm
It was the best of times
[Chorus]
Am                                     F
Every place around the world it seemed the same

Am                            F
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums

Am                 F
Everybody wants to look the other way

Am                    F
When something wicked this way comes

Gm                   C
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree

Am
Sometimes I stare

D
Sometimes it's me
[Verse 2]
D                 G
Everyone told the truth

D                      G
All that we heard were lies

D                             G
A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past

Em                B
This was a big surprise

D              G
Everyone fell in love

D                 G
A cardinal's wife was jailed

D                      F     G
The government saved a dying planet

Em                 Bm
When popular icons failed
[Chorus]
Am                                     F
Every place around the world it seemed the same

Am                            F
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums

Am                 F
Everybody wants to look the other way

Am                    F
When something wicked this way comes
[Outro]
Gm                   C
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree

Am                 Dm
Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me

Am                 Dm
Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me