The restless consumer (intro)

A - F - Am - F

Am F

1. The people have heard the news, the people have spoken,

Am - F

you may not like what they said, but they weren't jokin'.

Am - F

Way out on the desert sands lies a desperate lover,

Am - F

they call her the "Queen of Oil", so much to discover.

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no ad machine telling me what I need !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't need no Madison Avenue War !

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more boxes I can see covered in flags,

F

(Don’t need!) but I can't see them on TV.

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies ! (2x)

C G Bb F

The restless consumer flies around the word each day,

C G Bb Am - F - Am - F

with such an appetite for taste - and grace.

Am - F

2. People from around the world need someone to listen :

Am F

We're starving and dying from our disease, we need your medicine !

Am F

How do you pay for war and leave us dyin',

Am F

when you could do so much more ? You're not even tryin' !

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no TV ad tellin' me how sick I am !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't want to know how many people are like me !

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no dizziness, don't need no nausea !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't need no side effects like diarrhea or sexual death !

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies ! (2x)

C G Bb F

The restless consumer lies asleep in her hotel,

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with such an appetite for anything - that sells.

Am - F

3. A hundred voices from a hundred lands need someone to listen,

Am F

people are starving here and there need someone to listen.

Am

They don't see the world the way you do,

F Am

there's no mission accomplished here, just death to thousands,

F

a hundred voices from a hundred lands cry out in unison.

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no terror squad, don't want no damned Jihad,

F

Don’t need!) blowin' themselves away in my hood.

Am

(Don’t need!) But we don't talk to them, so we don't learn from them,

F

(Don’t need!) hate don't negotiate with good.

Am

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies !

F

(Don’t need!) Don't need no more lies ! (2x)

C G Bb F

The restless comsumer flies around the world each day,

C G Bb Am - F - Am - F

with such an appetite for efficiency - and pace.

Am F

Don't need no more lies ! Don't need no more lies !

Am F

Don't need no more lies ! Don't need no more lies !

Am F - Am

Don't need no more lies !

(orig. = capo 4th) (Neil Young)