Tom: F
Gm Bb
Gonna take more eyes than the eyes that you have in your head
F
To see what’s happening gonna take more teeth
C
Than those in your mouth to chew it all down
Gm Bb
Gonna take more brains than the brains that you have in your skull
F
To find the answers ‘cause these days information stinks
C
There’s enough lies here to fool the Sphinx
[Chorus]
Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
F
And you say that it makes you sick
C
But not before that it made you look
[Verse 2]
Gm Bb
Gonna take more words than the words that can roll off your tongue
F C
To express that there is a way better than this to be free
Gm Bb
Gonna take more hands than the hands that grow on your arms
F
To chip away the tired veneer
It’s thick as a myth
C
You don’t know what you’re messing with
[Chorus]
Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
F
And you say that it makes you sick
C
But not before that it made you look
[Bridge]
Gm
Well, it started so long ago with
Bb
Just a few rich men they
F C
Had to protect what they had, what they had but the
Gm
Problem with freedom is
Bb
Everyone wants some and
F C
If all are equal than the poor might get mad
Gm Bb
So they found enemies, built up mythologies
F C
To keep the people from snooping around
Gm Bb
It worked so well we can no longer tell
F C
Where the truth turns to rust who to kill who to trust
[Chorus]
Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
F
And you say that it makes you sick
C
But not before that it made you look
Gm
The newest version of the oldest trick
Bb
It’s been working since they wrote that book
F
And you say that it makes you sick
C
But not before that it made you look
