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 Inside Job
EmWhile you were C#m7b5sleeping C7they came and took it all away
EmThe lanes and the C#m7b5meadows, C7the places where you used to play
EIt was an inside joEmb  C#mby the well-connected
C7Your little protest summarily rejected
EIt was an inside joEmb liC#mke it always is
C7Chalk it up to business as usual
While we are dreaming this little island disappears
While you are looking the other way they'll take your right to own your own ideas
And it's an inside job, favors collected
Your trusted servants have left you unprotected
It was an inside job like it always is
Just chalk it up to business as usual
A7You think that you're so smart but F#7you don't have a fucking clue
A7What those men up in the towers F#7are doing to me and you
And they'll keep A7doin' it and doin' it
And dF#7oin' it and doin' it And doin' it and doin' it and doin' it
Until we A7all wake up wake up, wake up, C6wake up, wake Emup
I know what I've done wrong I am acquainted with the night
I know how hard it is to always walk out in the light
And it's an inside job to learn about forgiving
It's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living
They know the road by which you came, they know your mother's maiden name
And what you had for breakfast and what you've hidden in the mattress
Insect politics, indifferent universe
Bang your head against the wall but apathy is worse
It's an inside job, It's an inside job
It's an inside job  Yeh, yeah

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Inside Job

by Don Henley

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C#m7b5

C#m

F#7

Inside Job

Em C#m7b5 C7

While you were sleeping they came and took it all away

Em C#m7b5 C7

The lanes and the meadows, the places where you used to play

E Em C#m

It was an inside job by the well-connected

Your little protest summarily rejected

E Em C#m

It was an inside job like it always is

Chalk it up to business as usual

While we are dreaming this little island disappears

While you are looking the other way they'll take your right to own your own ideas

And it's an inside job, favors collected

Your trusted servants have left you unprotected

It was an inside job like it always is

Just chalk it up to business as usual

A7 F#7

You think that you're so smart but you don't have a fucking clue

A7 F#7

What those men up in the towers are doing to me and you

And they'll keep doin' it and doin' it

F#7

And doin' it and doin' it And doin' it and doin' it and doin' it

A7 C6 Em

Until we all wake up wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up

I know what I've done wrong I am acquainted with the night

I know how hard it is to always walk out in the light

And it's an inside job to learn about forgiving

It's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living

They know the road by which you came, they know your mother's maiden name

And what you had for breakfast and what you've hidden in the mattress

Insect politics, indifferent universe

Bang your head against the wall but apathy is worse

It's an inside job, It's an inside job

It's an inside job Yeh, yeah

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