Voodoo Economics
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Intro: F#m A E
A
You got the curtain call
F#m A E
Before your hands were tied into the ground.
A F#m
You got the kitchen hand job easily
A E
You'll be king of this here town.
E
We're never gonna let you down.
D A
You were pulling tips from nine til five
F#m A E
But that meant nothing without rhyme and elijah round.
D F#m
So give them the kick was what you said
C#m E
Was a kiss to your bee stung lips
D
And the kiss to your bee stung lips
C#m E
Was a kick to arithmetic.
D
Ill take voodoo economics
F#m C#m
It's all about danger
D
You said take voodoo economics
F#m C#m
It's all about danger
Bm A E
I want danger, Are you in danger?
A
A
You got all happenstance and
F#m A E
Over it when I would drag you down.
D A
You were pulling faces all the time
F#m
They mean nothing,
A
They mean nothing,
E
They mean nothing,
D F#m
Give them the kick was what you said
C#m E
Just you hang up your hands and quit
D
So I hang up my hands and quit
C#m E
Like a kiss to your bee stung lips
D
I'll take voodoo economics
F#m C#m
It's all about danger
D
Cause you said voodoo economics,
F#m C#m
It's all about danger,
Bm
I'm in danger,
A E
You're in danger,
Bm
I want danger,
A E
I'm in danger.
A
You lost the kitchen hand job
F#m A E
Before your head was thrown into the ground
You'll be king of this here town.
D A
It's been a little while and I know it
F#m A
But you'll never never never never ever never
E
Let me down and
D F#m
That's it! was what you said
C#m E
Just you hang up your hands and quit
D F#m
So I hang up my hands and quit
C#m E
Like a kiss to your bee stung lips
D
I'll take voodoo economics
F#m C#m
It's all about danger
D
You said take voodoo economics
F#m C#m
Is all about danger
Bm
I'm in danger
A E
I'm in danger, Uh huh
Bm
and I want danger
A E
I want danger
Bm
So I hang up my hands and quit
A E
Like a kiss to your bee stung lips
Bm
And I hang up my hands and quit
A E
Like a kiss to your bee stung lips
A
You lost the kitchen hand job
F#m A E
Before your head was thrown into the ground.
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The first identified chord is F#m. You can transpose without leaving the page.
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