Key: C
Introduction:
C Em Am C
Talk is cheap, and I should know
F C F G
I've given my everything, and it wasn't close
C Em Am C
People mean well, but still make a mess
F C F G C
From now on I'm listening, and saving my breath
C F
Lately I'm losing my appetite
C F
For all the pretty young girls and the socialites
C
Who just talk
F C
And this is what we do, we just talk
C F
Watch 'em waste breath on a magazine
C F
Or rehash what the television shows all mean
C
It's just talk
F C
And this is what we do, we just talk
F
Some people don't know how they really feel
C
Some people won't talk about what is real
F Am
And I could never chitchat all day long
F
Some people just look for an open ear
C
Some people don't care what you want to hear
D G
And everybody's talking while they're stringing me along
C E F
I'll go by what you do
G C
Cause talk is cheap
E F
And I don't want to wait for you
G Am
Cause talk is cheap
Dm Am
I don't know how you spend your time
Dm C
But I'm done wasting all of mine
G C G B C
Cause talk is cheap
Lately I'm tired of politics
F
Some people, some people, some people
Am
Think action is overdue
F
Some people, some people, some people
Am G
Can't wait, we've got work to do
(same as chorus)