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Hugh Laurie - A Protest Song
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A Protest Song (SNL) � Hugh Laurie
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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).
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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 |