Anti Flag - Press Corpse

anti flag
press corpse
for blood and empire
2006
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : C#

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
A#m – x13321
F# – 244322
C# – x46664
G# – 466544
Fm – 133111

intro : A#m – – A#m ( hold )

verse 1 :
the memo says we
A#m
gotta work to make
the facts fit
the false charges
C#
pull the wool over the eyes
G#
of the filthy masses
A#m
stab the people in the back
for the corporate choice
C#
roll the propaganda out
G#
using the people’s voice
F#
we don’t want to
A#m C#
talk about it

verse 2 :
A#m
the press scribble scribble
every half – truth spoke
C#
and then shoot it round the
G#
country like an april fools
A#m
joke hype the nation for A
desert storm love affair
C#
wave the stars and stripes
G#
like you just don’t care!
F#
they talk it up all day
they talk it up all night
they talk until their face
G#
turns blue red white and blue!
F#
but when the truth escapes
the night and crawls into the day
G# G# ( hold )
we find the picture still askew
they don’t want to

chorus 1 :
A#m
talk talk talk talk
talk about it
C#
they wanna tiptoe
walk around it
G#
wave the flag and
F#
mindlessly salute
G#
( whoa ooh whoa oh )
A#m
they don’t want
to talk about it
C#
they wanna tiptoe
walk around it
G#
wave the flag and
F# G# A#m – – A#m ( hold )
cowardly salute oh

verse 3 :
and on the tv screen …
A#m
… diversion and aversion
is the flavor of the day
C# G#
was it wmds? or democracy?
A#m
blame it on mi – 6 or the cia
C#
the white house press corpse
G#
only has one thing to say …
F# A#m C#
“ we don’t want to talk about it! ”

verse 4 :
A#m
the white house boils over
“ al jazeera got it wrong! ”
C#
the press corpse jumps onboard
G#
singing the white house song
A#m
while over in iraq thousands
are dead because of lies
C#
the spineless war drumming
G#
press corpse have taken lives
F#
they talk it up all day
they talk it up all night
they talk until their face
G#
turns blue red white and blue!
F#
but when the truth escapes
the night and crawls into the day
G# G# ( hold )
we find the picture still askew
they don’t want to

( repeat chorus 1 )

intelrude : bass solo
A#m – – C# – G# – x2

bridge :
A#m
fires fueled
on endless lies
C#
black shrouds
G#
coat desert skies
A#m
a nation’s viewpoint
blurred and led
C#
as embeds report
G#
what they’re fed
F#
we don’t want to
A#m C# G#
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m G# Fm
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m C# G#
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m C# G#
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m G#
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m C#
talk about it
F#
we don’t want to
A#m
we don’t
G# ( hold )
want to talk!!!
they don’t want to

chorus 2 :
A#m
talk talk talk talk
talk about it
C#
they wanna tiptoe
walk around it
G#
wave the flag and
F#
cowardly salute
G#
( whoa ooh whoa oh )
A#m
they don’t want
to talk about it
C#
they wanna tiptoe
walk around it
G#
wave the flag and
F# G# A#m – – A#m ( hold )
cowardly salute oh