Key: C
Introduction:
Ab6 Ab7M Ab Ab7M Cm7
Verse
Cm7
Back in my schooldays, acting the fool days
One and one and one is three
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
And the man said, "Hey, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time"
Armor-clad forces, riding Trojan horses
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
I didn't want to be a part of the great debate on moonshine
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
verse 2
Cm7
Sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles
He always lands on his feet
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
And he sets his face towards the far horizon
Cm7
Won't you come this way? Can't you go that way?
But his rhythm don't miss a beat
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
'Cause he's doing everything he can to keep surviving
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
verse 2
Cm7
So who wants a riot? People should be quiet
Don't we give them good TV?
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
You can learn to love your lifetime of distraction
Cm7
Nothing on the inside, nothing on the outside
All the way from A to Z
Ab6 Ab7M Cm7
I can live without that kind of satisfaction
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"
Ab6 Ab7M
"Stop, pay the price," they said to me
Ab Fm7 Cm7
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
Ab6 Ab7M
I said, "Stop, hold the phone
Ab Fm7
This has to be cut to the bone
Cm7
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"