Switchfoot – Selling The News (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
B5 Welcome to the holy city of silver screen F#/A# Built with a lens and a low self esteem D/A A teenager's plea for meaning and means E/G# F#5 We're selling the news B5 See opinions are easier to swallow than facts F#/A# The greys instead of the whites and the blacks D/A If you shoot it too straight they won't come back E/G# F#5 We're selling the news B5 See money speaks volumes louder than words F#/A# Or virtues with wings maybe not quite at first D/A But salaries are paid by the ads not the birds E/G# F#5 We're selling the news B5 See all men are equal all is for sale F#/A# A powerful dog that's been chasing his tail D/A The lowest common denominator prevails E/G# We're selling the news
[Chorus 1]
B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 F#5 The fact is fiction; the fact is fiction B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 The fact is fiction F#5 Suspicion is the new religion
[Turnaround 1]
B5 F#/A# G5 F#5
[Verse 2]
B5 America listens the story is told F#/A# With an eye on the truth as the story unfolds D/A But the ratings determine if story was sold E/G# F#5 We're selling the news B5 Begging the question mongering fears F#/A# Stroking the eyes and tickling ears D/A The truth is seldom just as it appears E/G# F#5 We're selling the news
[Chorus 2]
B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 F#5 The fact is fiction; the fact is fiction B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 F#5 The fact is fiction; the fact is fiction
[Bridge]
B5 F#/A# I can see your talking heads G5 F#5 On the television set B5 F#/A# On the internet they said G5 The fact is fiction F#5 Suspicion is the new religion
[Turnaround 2]
B5 F#/A# D/A D/F# F#5
[Verse 3]
B5 Substance, oh, substance - where have you been? F#/A# You've been replaced by the masters of spin D/A Who make good looking books and write history in E/G# F#5 We're selling the news B5 The lines start to blur, I get so confused F#/A# I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues D/A I get binary code mixed up with abuse E/G# F#5 The facts are simply one option to choose B5 When nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose F#/A# When nothing is sacred all is consumed D/A We're still on the air it must be the truth E/G# We're selling the news
[Chorus 2]
B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 F#5 The fact is fiction; the fact is fiction B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything here's in between G5 F#5 The fact is fiction; the fact is fiction
[Ending]
B5 I wanna believe you; I wanna believe F#/A# But everything I see is greed G5 The fact is fiction F#5 Bm Suspicion is the new religion