Tom Paxton – Daily News (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G
Civil rights leaders are a pain in the neck,

C
Can't hold a candle to Chang Kai Shek,

G                C                    D7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News

G
Ban the bombers are afraid of a fight

C
Peace hurts business and that ain't right

G                C              D     D7    G7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
[Chorus]
C7
Daily News; daily blues,

G                            G7
 Pick up a copy any time you choose.

C
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,

        D                                G
And you ride right along to never, never land.
[Verse 2]
G
We got to bomb Castro, got to bomb him flat,

C
He's too damned successful and we can't risk that,

G                C                    D7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News,

G
There's millions of commies in the freedom fight,

C
Yelling for Lenin and civil rights,

G                C              D     D7    G7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
[Chorus]
C7
Daily News; daily blues,

G                            G7
 Pick up a copy any time you choose.

C
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,

        D                                G
And you ride right along to never, never land.
[Verse 3]
G
Seems like the whole damned world's gone wrong,

C
Saint Joe McCarthy is dead and gone,

G                C                    D7                C
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

G
Don't try to make me change my mind with facts,
V To hell with the graduated income tax!
G                C              D     D7    G7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
[Chorus]
C7
Daily News; daily blues,

G                            G7
 Pick up a copy any time you choose.

C
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,

        D                                G
And you ride right along to never, never land.
[Verse 4]
G
John Paul Getty is just plain folks,

C
The UN charter is a cruel hoax,

G                C                    D7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

G
J. Edgar Hoover is the man of the hour,

C
All he needs is just a little more power,

G                C              D     D7    G7
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
[Chorus]
C7
Daily News; daily blues,

G                            G7
 Pick up a copy any time you choose.

C
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,

        D                                G
And you ride right along to never, never land.