X – The New World (Guitar)

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[Intro] F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A [Verse 1]
F#m/A
Honest to goodness

    A
The bars weren't open this morning

     F#m/A                           A
They must have been voting for a new president of something

F#m/A
Do you have a quarter?

        A
I said, "Yes", because I did

F#m/A
Honest to goodness, the tears have been falling

    A
All over this country's face
[Chorus 1]
       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world
[Bridge] F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A [Verse 2]
F#m/A
Flint Ford Auto

A
Mobile, Alabama

F#m/A
Windshield Wiper

A
Buffalo, New York

F#m/A
Gary, Indiana

         A
Don't forget the Motor City

F#m/A
Baltimore and D.C

    A
Now all we need is
[Chorus 2]
D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world
[Bridge] F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A [Verse 3]
F#m/A
All we need is money

     A
Just give us what you can spare

F#m/A
Twenty or thirty pounds of potatoes

   A
Or twenty or thirty beers

  F#m/A
A turkey on Thanksgiving

     A
Like alms for the poor

F#m/A                 A
All we need are the necessities and more
[Bridge] F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A [Chorus 3]
       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world
[Bridge] F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A F#m/A A [Chorus 4]
D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City

D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world