The News
Jack JohnsonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
just an extra four bars of first chord
A
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Bm
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CHORUS 1
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Dm
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CHORUS 2 - (to BRIDGE)
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(going back to VERSE)
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SONG STRUCTURE
x 2)
CHORUS 1 (x 1)
x 3)
CHORUS 2 (x 1)
x 2)
x 1)
x 2)
CHORUS 1 (x 1)
x 1)
one A chord)
CHORDS AND LYRICS
(INTRO)
A billion people died on the news tonight
But not so many cried at the devil sight
Well mama said
It's just make believe
You can't believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
(once through verse before lyrics start)
Who's the one to decide that it would be alright
To put the music behind the news tonight
Well mama said
You can't believe everything you hear
The diegetic world is so unclear
So baby close your ears
On the news tonight
On the news tonight
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
And mama said
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
It's just make believe
You cant believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
(Bm to A chord for outro)
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Readable chord sheet for The News by Jack Johnson
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