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Hugh Laurie - A Protest Song

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Protest Song (SNL) � Hugh Laurie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorded by: Koryr Email: TenaciousKory@gmail.com On October 28th, 2006, in a Saturday Night Live sketch right before Beck�s musical performance, Hugh Laurie performed an old song from his days with A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Tuning: Standard E-A-d-g-b-E' Harmonica Key : G Original SNL Video : http://www.snotr.com/video/347 A Bit of Fry and Laurie Version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4jDQrjBco Note: The intro contains harmonica on the fourth and fifth bar. Laurie tends to do some hammer-ons at the optional (C). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | g C | g C | g C | g Bm C g | g Bm C g | g C | g C | g Bm C g (C) Well, the poor keep getting hungry, and the rich keep getting fat g Bm C g (C) Politicians change, but they're never gonna change that. g Bm C g (C) Girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe Am d All we gotta do is.. [ mumbles incoherently ] Break: | g C | g C | g Bm C g (C) Well, the winds of war are blowin', and the tide is comin' in g Bm C g (C) Don't you be hopin' for the good times, because the good times have already been. g Bm C g (C) But, girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe Am d All we gotta do is.. [ mumbles incoherently ] Em Am It's so easy, to see Em d If only they'd listen, to you and me. d g C d We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] as fast as we can d g C d We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] every woman, every man d g C d We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] time after time d g C d We got to.. [ mumbles incoherently ] vodka and lime. Break: | g C | g C | g Bm C g (C) Well, the world is gettin' weary, and it wants to go to bed g Bm C g (C) Everybody's dyin', except the ones who are already dead. g Bm C g (C) Girl, we got the answer, starin' us right in the face Am All we gotta do is Am All we gotta do is Am All we gotta do is. [ pauses, then blows on the harmonica and finishes with outro ] Outro: | g Bm C g | g Bm C g | d g |
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