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Accident Waiting To Happen

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
|     D|  Asus4|    Bm|     D| x2
[Verse]
e||Dsus2--0--2D--2-2---Dsus43---3-3--||---|
B||--3--3--3-3---3---3-3--||---|
G||.-2--2--2-2---2---2-2-.||---|
D||.-0--0--0-0---0---0-0-.||---|
A||-----------------------||---|
E||-----------------------||---|  (Call this Riff 1)
[Riff 1]
I've always been impressed with the girl
who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well
                G             Em   D[Riff 1]
that's the way I am, heaven help me
[Riff 1]
He said we don't like peace campaigners round here
as he nailed another one to the wall
                       G               Em   D[Riff 1]
and that's what gets me trouble heaven help me
Ggoodbye and gAood luck to the Drubbish that you'Gve spoken
Ggoodbye and gAood luck to the Dpromises you've Gbroken
Gyour life has lost its dAignity, its bDeauty and its Gpassion
                       G               A   D[Riff 1]
you're an accident     waiting to happen
[Riff 1]
there you are standing at the bar and you're
giving me grief about the DDR
                                   G                   Em   D[Riff 1]
and that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you get older
[Riff 1]
one of these nights you're gonna get caught
it'll give you a pregnant pause for thought
                   G              Em   D[Riff 1]
you're a dedicated swallower of facism
Gtime up and tAime out for all the lDiberties you've Gtaken
time up and time out for all the friends that you've forsaken
Gif you choose to wAaste away like dDeath is back in fGashion
you're an acGcident wAaiting to haDsus2ppenD  Dsus4  
[Riff 1]
my sins are so unoriginal
I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheep's clothing
                   G                   Em   D[Riff 1]
in this carnival of carnivores heaven help me
Ggoodbye and gAood luck to all the Dpromises you've bGroken
goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that you've spoken
Gyour life has lost its dAignity, its bDeauty and its Gpassion
                       G               A   D[Riff 1]
you're an accident     waiting to happen
Chords
EADGBe
320003 - G  
xx0230 - Dsus2  
xx0232 - D  
xx0233 - Dsus4  
022000 - Em  
x02220 - A  
x02230 - Asus4  
x24432 - Bm  

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Accident Waiting To Happen

by Billy Bragg

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Dsus2

Dsus4

[Intro]

D Asus4 Bm D

| | | | | x2

[Verse]

Dsus2 D Dsus4

e||--0--2--2-2---3---3-3--||---|

B||--3--3--3-3---3---3-3--||---|

G||.-2--2--2-2---2---2-2-.||---|

D||.-0--0--0-0---0---0-0-.||---|

A||-----------------------||---|

E||-----------------------||---| (Call this Riff 1)

[Riff 1]

I've always been impressed with the girl

who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well

G Em D

[Riff 1]

that's the way I am, heaven help me

[Riff 1]

He said we don't like peace campaigners round here

as he nailed another one to the wall

G Em D

[Riff 1]

and that's what gets me trouble heaven help me

G A D G

goodbye and good luck to the rubbish that you've spoken

G A D G

goodbye and good luck to the promises you've broken

G A D G

your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion

G A D

[Riff 1]

you're an accident waiting to happen

[Riff 1]

there you are standing at the bar and you're

giving me grief about the DDR

G Em D

[Riff 1]

and that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you get older

[Riff 1]

one of these nights you're gonna get caught

it'll give you a pregnant pause for thought

G Em D

[Riff 1]

you're a dedicated swallower of facism

G A D G

time up and time out for all the liberties you've taken

time up and time out for all the friends that you've forsaken

G A D G

if you choose to waste away like death is back in fashion

G A Dsus2 D Dsus4

you're an accident waiting to happen

[Riff 1]

my sins are so unoriginal

I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheep's clothing

G Em D

[Riff 1]

in this carnival of carnivores heaven help me

G A D G

goodbye and good luck to all the promises you've broken

goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that you've spoken

G A D G

your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion

G A D

[Riff 1]

you're an accident waiting to happen

Chords

EADGBe

320003 -

Dsus2

xx0230 -

xx0232 -

Dsus4

xx0233 -

022000 -

x02220 -

Asus4

x02230 -

x24432 -

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