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When The World Is Running Down

The Police
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
CHORDS:
C9sus D9 sus Emin7(add11)
333333 555555 777787
/  / / / | /  / / /
 1. Turn on my VCR Same one I had for years
 2. Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears
 3. Plug in my MCI To exercise my brain
 4. When I feel lonely here Don't waste my time with tears
/  / / / | / / / /
 James Brown on the TAMI show Same tape I've had for years
 Tell me where I would go I Ain't been out for years
 Make records on my own Can't go out in the rain
 I run _DEEP_THROAT_ again it ran and ran for years
/  / / / | /  / / /
 I sit in my old car same one I've had for years
 Turn on the stereo It's played for years and years
 Pick up the telephone I've listened here for years
 Don't like the food I eat the cans are running out
/  / / / | / / / /
 Old battery's running down It ran and ran for years
 An Otis Redding song It's all I own (WHEN THE)
 No one to talk to me I've listened here for years (WHEN THE)
 Same food for years and years I hate the food I eat (WHEN THE)
 Repeat)
/  / / / | /  / / /
 The World is running down you make
/  / / / | / / / /
 The best of whats still around---- when the
 Performance notes:
  Verse 1
  Verse 2
  Chorus
  Verse 3
  Chorus
 BASS INSTRUMENTAL)
 BASS INSTRUMENTAL)
  Verse 4
  Chorus
  Chorus
 FADE OUT)
 The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
 G.K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)

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Readable chord sheet for When The World Is Running Down by The Police

CHORDS:
                C9sus           D9 sus          Emin7(add11)
                333333          555555          777787

[C9sus]/       /       /       /       |       [D9sus]/       /       /       /
1. Turn on my VCR                       Same one I had for years
2. Turn on the radio                    The static hurts my ears
3. Plug in my MCI                       To exercise my brain
4. When I feel lonely here              Don't waste my time with tears

[Emin7]/       /       /       /       |       /       /       /       /
James Brown on the TAMI show            Same tape I've had for years
Tell me where I would go I              Ain't been out for years
Make records on my own                  Can't go out in the rain
I run _DEEP_THROAT_ again               it ran and ran for years

[C9sus]/       /       /       /       |       [D9sus]/       /       /       /
I sit in my old car                     same one I've had for years
Turn on the stereo                      It's played for years and years
Pick up the telephone                   I've listened here for years
Don't like the food I eat               the cans are running out

[Emin7]/       /       /       /       |       /       /       /       /
Old battery's running down              It ran and ran for years
An Otis Redding song                    It's all I own (WHEN THE)
No one to talk to me                    I've listened here for years (WHEN THE)
Same food for years and years           I hate the food I eat (WHEN THE)

Repeat)
[C9sus]/       /       /       /       |       [D9sus]/       /       /       /
The World is running down                               you make

[Emin7]/       /       /       /       |       /       /       /       /
The best of whats still around----                      when the

Performance notes:
                Verse 1
                Verse 2
                                Chorus
                Verse 3
                                Chorus

BASS INSTRUMENTAL)

BASS INSTRUMENTAL)
                Verse 4
                                Chorus
                                Chorus

FADE OUT)

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
G.K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)

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