The Big Ones Get Away

[(intro) ]C Am F C G C Am Hey, Baby I just got back from town where the bribes are paid, F honey, they turned my offer down, C G they say the deal's already made. C Am So now I must stand and watch while it all comes down, F and the buzzards and the hawks, C G and the judges and the mob circle around. C Am Now if I were the queen of all the world, F I would fall in chains, C G just to see you free C Am of the ropes that bind you and the role you play, F and the pride that hooks you, C G while the big ones get away. C Love junkies wanna change the world: Am it quickly stays the same, F and money junkies hire all the smart ones, C G power junkies run the game C Am One step at a time, Polarity Hill, F if the bad guys don't get you, baby, C G then the good guys will. C Am With angels on the take and gangsters in the yard, F hey, don't the wars come easy, C G hey, don't the peace come hard. C Am Now, if I had a way to reach the sky, F I'd grab that crescent moon, C G wield it like a knife, save you from the lies, C Am from the ropes that bind you and the role you play, F and the game that hooks you, C G while the big ones get away. ( C Am F C G ) (3x)