State Radio - Gunship Politico Chords & Tabs

Fm (Power Chords)      
On the one they'll catch you 
C#
If you skirt disaster 
G#
On the day they told her 
D#
But she want to stay, stay 

Fm
And the ones that saw you 
C#
Witnesses of Goya 
G#
Elected to serve ya 
D#
'Till your dying day 

Fm (Full Barre Chord)
'Till your dying day 
C#          G#            D#
I hope you don't get what you're after 

A#m
To whom it may concern 
D#
I'm writing on behalf of a brother 
Fm
Twice burned 

Fm  D#  Fm

D#
I know you be reaching your time 

Fm  D#  Fm

D#
Just a product of your mind 

G#
But when you continue to let loose on a running man 
D#
You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement 
Fm
You're doing something you don't quite understand 
A#            C
Making like he's a lesser man 

G#
So be gone be gone to plea 
D#
You got your vehicle to ride on 
Fm
Off to the commissioner as fast as you can 
A#               C
With your smoking gun in hand 


In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship politico 
G#
I hope you don't get what you're after 
D#
In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship politico 
G#
I hope you don't get what you're after 
D#
In your 
A#m
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship gunship 
D#
In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship gunship 
G#           D#

A#m
Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight 
A#m                    Fm                   C#
Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall instilling whoa such a fright 
A#m
One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop 
A#m               Fm                  C#
One stands in defense in a broken sentence 
Asks not to be shot 

G#
If you please 
D#
You men of authority 
Fm
We do not speak your language see 
C#
Please act accordingly 
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Fm
'Cause he wasn't beggin' 
C#
He was just keeping time with his cup 
G#
You go on and believe that 
D#
You keep your eyes straight up 
Fm
I was just looking 
C#
I had no intention to touch 
G#
But I know when I'm not welcome 
D#
So I thank you very much. 

Fm
See a, see a, see the women there demonstrate 
C#
See a, see a, see them know but they will not say 
G#
See a, see a, see them set the trial date 
D#
See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face 

Fm
Watch out for them politicos 
C#
Watch out for them politicos 
G#
Watch out for them politicos 
D#
Watch out for them politicos 

Fm
Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way 
C#
They got it down pat; they got it down to a tee 
G#
No one gets through the lockstep jaw 
D#
You ain't guilty but you did get caught 
Fm
So for lack for a better suspect we nominate you 
C#
To ride this one out, to see this one through 
D#
See a, see a 
See a, see a 

Fm
Arms thrown up in a ever fearful protest 
C#
As if the firing squad would ever think to notice 
G#
As if he could summon the likes of Moses 
D#
To put blood back in his friend's veins 

Fm   (Power Chords)
And if you're one step faster 
C#
You can skirt disaster 
G#
But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy 
D#
Who's the wrong color at the wrong time 

Fm     (Full Barre Chords)
Another day's over and the decision still stands 
C#
His honor in his chambers still washing his hands 
G#
You know he's been fiddling in his room all day 
D#
Just trying to wash all his conscience away 

Fm
No one's asking for hangman's tree 
C#
They just looking for something true to believe 
G#
See a, see a 
D#
See them know but they will not say 

Fm
He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup 
C#
He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup 
G#
He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup 
D#
You go on and believe that, You keep your eyes straight up 

Fm
'Cause I was just looking I had no intention to touch 
C#
I was just looking, I had no intention to touch 
G#
I was just looking, I had no intention to touch 
D#                                                  Fm
And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very much