Todd Snider – Tension (Ukulele)

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A
Tension ss

D
Tension ss

A                        E||
Tension ssit's all that I know 

        A 
I got tension out in traffic 

        D 
I got tension in my office 

        A                                E A 
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go 
(Spoken)
 A                                     E
After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters 

  F#m                                A
The good guy put a bullet right through his head 

                                                     E
The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been 

                    F#m
tied, justice is irrelevant 

                        D
Violent problems need violent solutions 

                 A                          E
'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead 
It's called box office, baby
                                  A  D  E  A
It's bigger than the damn Stones 
(Spoken)
A                                                         E
Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction 

             F#m                       D      A
'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you 

                                                               E                
But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions 

                    F#m                                              D
It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose 

A                               E
You see people....people still love drugs 

               D              A  D  E  A
Y'all do anyway...I'm over it
Tension ss Tension ss Tension ssit's all that I know I got tension in my classroom I got tension in my courtroom I got tension and it's everywhere that I go (Spoken)
A                                          E
When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy 

    F#m                          D                  A
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door 

A                                     E
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me 

F#m                                D                      A            E
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore 

A          D
Republicans

                            E         
That's what scares people these days 

                    A  D  E  A
That and Democrats 
(Chorus)