Protection — Graham Parker
Chords and lyrics for Protection by Graham Parker (key of D).
Intro
[E] [F#m] [A] [F#m] [E]
Verse 1
[F#m]So all of [E]you be damned [A]we can't have [D]heaven crammed
[Bm]So Winston Churchill said [D]I could have [A]smacked his [E]head
[F#m]And all of [E]those infected [A]waiting to [D]be collected
[Bm]I must get out at any price [D]before the feeling [A]gets too [E]nice
Chorus
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]Can't get no [D][E]protection
[A][D]Protection, [A][D]protection[A]
Verse 2
[F#]Every bomb is [E]detonated [A]every switch is [D]thrown
[Bm]And everybody tells me don't be scared [D]act as if you [A]never [E]cared
[F#m]So I wear a [E]blank expression [A]to conceal my [D]real impression
[Bm]Turn off all the information [D]radios just pick [A]up that [E]station
Chorus
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]Can't get no [D][E]protection
[A][D]Protection, [A][D]protection[A]
Verse 3
[F#m]So turn off this sound [A]I'm ready to go down
[Bm]I don't know myself, I[D] don't know you either
[F#m]You're full of disease [A]it's something I discovered
[Bm]I know you've been mixing [D]with Big Brother's brother
[F#m]It ain't the knife in the heart [A]that tears you apart
[Bm]It's just the thought of [D]someone
[Bm]It's just the thought of [D]someone
[Bm]It's just the thought of [D]someone [F#m]sticking it [A]in, [F#m]sticking it [A]in
Verse 4
[F#m]So if you [E]think that's funny [A]I'm not really [D]laughing honey
[Bm]Your love letters are confetti [D]I ripped them up my [A]hands were [E]sweaty
[F#m]And then those [E]ghastly faces [A]recur in [D]nightmare places
[Bm]Happy hours come and gone [D]much too short and [A]much too [E]long
Chorus
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]protection
[F#m]Just can't get, [D]just can't get [A]no [E]Can't get no [D][E]protection
[A][D]Protection, [A][D]protection[E]
Verse 5
[F#m]Turn off all the information [D]radios just pick [A]up that [E]station
[A][D]Protection [A][D]protection [A][D]protection[E]
[F#m]It ain't the knife in the heart [A]that tears you apart
[Bm]It's just the thought of [D]someone [F#m]sticking it [A]in
[A][D]Protection [A][D]protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
[D]Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
[D]Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide?
[D]You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection REPEAT AND FADE
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