I Do Not Have The Power To Cause A Flood
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Ocultar tablatura
lick:
e|-3---2---0------|
B|-3-----------3--|
G|-2--------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
At the very end, it becomes:
e|-3---2---0---2------|
B|-----------------3--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Capo 5
Intro: G D G G C D G
G D G
I do not have the power to cause a flood
(walkdown)
C D G Em
I'm not like Storm from X-men who so ea-sily could
(walkdown)
C D G Em
Manipulate the weather, causing havoc where she stood
(strum once) (strum once, and pause)
C D G G G D
But if I had the power to cause a flood, I would
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(pause for a bar here)
C Cadd9 G
Oh I'd send a flood to Russia right to Putin's door,
D Em
The waves of my destruction spanning miles,
C Cadd9 G
To wash away the prejudice and then ne-ver more would he make
(strum once) (lick)
D
Statements that equate us all to pe-do-philes
C D G Em
But instead give all Pussy Riot a dame-hood
(play 3 bars of G before walking down to C at next verse)
C D G
If I only had the power to cause a flood
C Cadd9 G
Oh I'd send one to Uganda where Museveni says
D Em
Gay and bi and trans-abnormals need a cure
C Cadd9 G
And until he finds one he's content to throw them all in jail
(strum once) (lick)
D
A life sentence of repentance but you can be sure that
C D G Em
Museveni definitely would
(play 3 bars of G before walking down to C at next verse)
C D G
Know it if I had the power to cause a flood
C D G C D Em C
And for Je-rem-y Clarkson, it's all just a bit of fun
(strum once) (strum once)
C G
For our highly paid celebrities, to use language of bigotry,
(strum once) (walk up)
D Em
And then make no apology, because no one sees a link between
C G
The things he thinks it's fine to tweet, and people yelled at in the street
(walk up)
D Em
And kids abused in every school, and the time my windows were bricked through
C Cadd9 G D
And Putin and Museveni, for UKIP and for Jeremy, and banter from the Top Gear lads,
(walk up) (strum once) (strum once)
Em C G
Yeah it's PC gone fucking mad and that's all just fine a-nd good
(strum once) (final lick) (strum once, let ring)
D G
But if I had the power to cause a flood - you can bet I would
How to play I Do Not Have The Power To Cause A Flood
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