Intro: D G (4 times)
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D G D G
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Now don't get bent out of shape, don't start tearing out your hair
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D G D G
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One a sweet little angel, that stuff's nowhere
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D G D G
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When the bombs go off on Oxford Street and the kids beat up old people
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D G D G
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It's just a soundtrack for your life it's just everyday evil
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CHORUS
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Dm Bb Dm Bb
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Don't let it break you down Don't let it break you down
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Dm Bb D G D G
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Don't let it break you down
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Some people are in charge of pens that shouldn't be in charge of brooms
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They have the nerve to rip up a man's life in a paragraph or two
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And the aeroplanes get hijacked and all the Americans get killed
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And the children are addicted to a sugar-coated pill
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CHORUS then E G D (three times)
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Well you get sent out on the racetrack, you get spurs dug in your cheeks
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You'll see a winning post in the distance that you'll never reach
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And there's a hole in the atmosphere gets bigger every time you spray your hair
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And someone's drilling down through the earth just to see what's there
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CHORUS twice, then instrumental section with
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grunts and soft guitar and then ends on D
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Don't let it break you down
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| Graham Parker |
