Todd Snider

Tension

Todd Snider


Tom: A

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Tension  
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Tension  
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Tension it's all that I know  
      A
I got tension out in traffic  
      D
I got tension in my office  
      A                     E A
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go  
 
  
(Spoken)  
 A                        E
After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters  
 F#m                      A
The good guy put a bullet right through his head  
                                E
The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been  
               F#m
tied, justice is irrelevant  
               D
Violent problems need violent solutions  
           A                E
'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead  
 
It's called box office, baby  
                       A D E  A
It's bigger than the damn Stones  
 
 
(Spoken)  
 
A                                     E
Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction  
        F#m                D      A
'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you  
                                        E
But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions  
              F#m                              D
It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose  
A                   E
You see people....people still love drugs  
          D          A D  E   A
Y'all do anyway...I'm over it 
 
  
Tension  
Tension  
Tension it's all that I know  
I got tension in my classroom  
I got tension in my courtroom  
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go  
 
  
(Spoken)  
A                           E
When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy  
  F#m                  D            A
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door  
A                     E
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me  
F#m                     D               A        E
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore  
A      D
Republicans 
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That's what scares people these days  
           A D E  A
That and Democrats  
 
(Chorus)