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The Shadow Government

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[Verse]
GDriving Chome from my meth GlabC  
GRealized Csomething had GchangedC  
GLooked in thCe sky
GSaw with my Ceye
The Gmoon was Cfollowing GmeC  
[Chorus]
Where's the Cshadow governAmment when you GneEmed Cit?
Where's the Cshadow governAmment?
It's a Gbad Embad Cworld
It's a Gbad Embad CworldBm  
[Verse]
GSifting Cthrough the conGfetti,C  
I Gpicked up Cmy broken GphoneC  
I Glooked in the Ccrack
SomeGbody waved Cback
Just Gsitting on their Csomebody GthroneC  
[Chorus]
Where's the Cshadow governAmment when you GneEmed Cit?
Where's the Cshadow governAmment?
It's a Gbad Embad Cworld
It's a Gbad EmbadG  
[Bridge]
"DUp the library steps"
"D#Up the library steps"
"EUp the library steps"
"FUp the library steps"
"DHere comes D#the Humvee, Ethe Humvee"F  
[Verse]
N.C.
Crawling out of the flophouse,
N.C
I saw the mayor stealing my junk
GI doth proCtest
GCitizen's aCrrest
Now my Gbody's Cin his GtrunkC  
[Chorus]
Where's the Cshadow governAmment when you GneEmed Cit?
Where's the Cshadow governAmment?
It's a Gbad Embad Cworld
It's a Gbad Embad Cworld
It's a Gbad EmbadBm  
[Outro]
G C G C G C G C
C   Am  G Em G

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The Shadow Government

by They Might Be Giants

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Verse]

G C G C

Driving home from my meth lab

G C G C

Realized something had changed

G C

Looked in the sky

G C

Saw with my eye

G C G C

The moon was following me

[Chorus]

C Am G Em C

Where's the shadow government when you need it?

C Am

Where's the shadow government?

G Em C

It's a bad bad world

G Em C Bm

It's a bad bad world

[Verse]

G C G C

Sifting through the confetti,

G C G C

I picked up my broken phone

G C

I looked in the crack

G C

Somebody waved back

G C G C

Just sitting on their somebody throne

[Chorus]

C Am G Em C

Where's the shadow government when you need it?

C Am

Where's the shadow government?

G Em C

It's a bad bad world

G Em G

It's a bad bad

[Bridge]

"Up the library steps"

D D# E F

"Here comes the Humvee, the Humvee"

[Verse]

N.C.

Crawling out of the flophouse,

N.C

I saw the mayor stealing my junk

G C

I doth protest

G C

Citizen's arrest

G C G C

Now my body's in his trunk

[Chorus]

C Am G Em C

Where's the shadow government when you need it?

C Am

Where's the shadow government?

G Em C

It's a bad bad world

G Em C

It's a bad bad world

G Em Bm

It's a bad bad

[Outro]

G C G C G C G C

C Am G Em G

About The Shadow Government Chords by They Might Be Giants

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The chords for "The Shadow Government" show the original chord names (including G, C, Am, Em, Bm, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.