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C F C F
Intro: 4/4 | | | | |
C F F/G
1. I rolled out this morn-ing the kids had the morn-ing news show on
C Am
Bry-ant Gum-bel was talk-ing 'bout the fight-ing in Leb-a-non
F C
Some sen-a-tor was squawk-ing a-bout the bad e-con-o-my
Am F G
It's gon-na get worse you see, we need a change in po-li-cy
C F F/G
2. There's a lo-cal pa-per rolled up in a rub-ber band
C Am
One more sad story's one more than I can stand
F C
Just once how I'd like to see the head-line say
Am F G
Not much to print to-day, can't find noth-ing bad to say, be-cause
C F G
Chorus: No-bo-dy robbed a li-quor store on the lo-wer part of town
C F G
No-bo-dy OD'd no-bo-dy burned a sin-gle build-ing down
C F Dm
No-bo-dy fired a shot in an-ger no-bo-dy had to die in vain
C G C
We sure could use a lit-tle good news to-day
C F C# F#
| (day) | |(key change)| |
C# F# F#/G#
3. I'll come home this eve-ning I bet that the news will be the same
C# A#m
Some-bo-dy takes a host-age some-bo-dy steals a plane
F# C#
How I wan-na hear the an-chor man talk a-bout a coun-ty fair
A#m F# G#
And how we cleaned up the air, how ev'-ry-bo-dy learned to care, whoa tell me
C# F# G#
Chorus: No-bo-dy was ass-ass-i-na-ted in the whole third world to-day
C# F# G#
And in the streets of Ire-land all the child-ren had to do was play
C# F# D#m
And ev'-ry bo-dy loves ev'-ry-bo-dy in the good old U.S.A.
C# G# C# G#7
We sure could use a lit-tle good news to-day
C# F# G#
Chorus: No-bo-dy robbed a li-quor store on the lo-wer part of town
C# F# G#
No-bo-dy OD'd no-bo-dy burned a sin-gle build-ing down
C# F# D#m
No-bo-dy fired a shot in an-ger no-bo-dy had to die in vain
C# G# C#
We sure could use a lit-tle good news to-day...
Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
Tempo: Adagio (slow and graceful)
Metronome: ♩ = 71
Voice Range: A3 - Bb5
You can play F# as a barre chord using the E shape with the barre on the 2nd fret. This works well in the choruses when playing from F# to G# (same shape).
You can actually play F# using the same shape as the open F major chord—just shift it up to start on the 2nd fret. Similarly, move that same shape up to the 4th fret to play G#. It’s a handy trick that makes these chords easier to learn and remember!
Slash Chords: F/G and F#/G#
F/G means play an F chord leading with a G bass note
F#/G# means play an F# chord leading with a G# bass note
If you are using an F barre chord to play F/G, simply use your 3rd finger to cover strings 5 & 6 to include the bass note - same applies to F# when playing F#/G#.
You don't have to play the F/G and F#/G#, but they do add a nice touch.
A#m and Bbm are the same chord—they’re called enharmonic equivalents. That means they sound the same and are made up of the same notes, just written differently depending on the key you're in.
For example:
• A#m = A# – C# – E#
• Bbm = Bb – Db – F
Since A# = Bb, C# = Db, and E# = F, both chords are musically identical!
We write A#m (instead of Bbm) because of the key signature.
In this case, the song is in the key of C# Major, which has seven sharps in its key signature. Since all the notes in this key are sharps, we use A#m to stay consistent with the key, even though A#m and Bbm are enharmonically the same.
Beginner Guitarists: The chords are very easy up until the key change. If you're not playing along with the video, simply keep playing the same chords and ignore the sharp versions shown in the song sheet.
If you are playing with the video, you can pause at the key change, place a capo on the 1st fret, and then continue using the same chords as before—just leave out the sharps. 🎸🎶
