Key: G
Introduction: G
C
G
Tell me what's gone wrong.
C
I tilt my head there, under the faucet,
Bm
Am
G
When I turn it on -- dry as paper.
G
Call the neighbors.
C
G
Who's to blame for what's going on?
C
Bm
Am
In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
C
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
G
Not a lot, no, just a drop.
G
But there you are mistaken, you know you are.
C
G
I wonder just how long
C
Bm
Am
They knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
C
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
Bm
Em
D
Em7
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
G
Bm
Em
D
C
That someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
G
But the week is over
C
G
C
G
Now it's grown into years since I was told that
C
D
G
I should be calm, there's nothing to fear here.
G
But I drank that water for years, my wife and my children.
C
G
C
Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought
Bm
Am
And lost in you backyard?
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
G
Bm
Em
D
Em7
C
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
Bm
Em
D
Em7
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
G
Bm
Em
D
C
That someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.