Too Much Rope — Roger Waters
Chords and lyrics for Too Much Rope by Roger Waters (key of F).
Intro
[D]
(Notes instead of chords on this section)
(play a twinkly G chord on top of this)
(Back to chords now:_
| G/D | G7/D | G6 | C |
| Am | A5 Asus4 | Dm7 | G7 |
Verse 1
[C]When the sleigh is heavy
[C7]And the timber wolves are getting bold
[Am]You look at you companions
And test the [Am7.]water of their friendship
With your [Am6]toe
[F]They significantly edge
[C]Closer [G]to the [Am]gold
[F]Each man has his price Bob
[G]And yours was pretty low
Verse 2
[C]History is short [C7]the sun is just a minor star
[Am]The poor man sells his kidneys
In some [Am7]colonial [D7]bazaar
[F]Que sera sera
Is that your [C]new [G]Ferrari [Am]car
[F]Yes but I think I'll [Am7]wait for the [D7]F50
Chorus
[G]You don't have to be a Jew
[G/F]To disapprove of murder
[Em7]Tears burn our [Cmaj7]eyes
[Am]Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope
[Em]Preacher or poet who was it wrote
[Dm]Give any one species too much rope
And they'll [G]fuck it up
| C |
Verse 3
[C]And last night on TV
A [C7]Vietnam vet
Takes his beard and his pain
[Am]And his alienation twenty years
[Am7]Back to [Am6]Asia again
[F]Sees the monsters they made
In [C]formaldehyde [G]floating [Am]'round
Meets a [F]gook on a bike
A [Am7]good little tyke
With the [Am6]same soldier's eyes
Bridge
| G/B | G7 | Em | C |
[Am]What does it mean
This tear jerking scene
Beamed [Em]into my home
That it [Dm]moves me so much
Why all the fuss
It's [G]only two humans being
| C/E | C7 |
It's only [Am]two humans [F][Am/E]being
Tears [Dm]burn my [Am]eyes
[Gm]What does it mean
This [Gm]tender TV
This [C]tear jerking scene
Beamed into my home
Chorus
[F/A]You don't have to be a Jew
[F7]To disapprove of murder
[F6]Tears burn in our [Bb/D]eyes[Dm]
[Gm]Muslim or Christian Mullah or Pope
[Dm]Preacher or poet who was it wrote
Give [Cm]any one species too much rope
And they'll [F]fuck it up
Outro
| Bb | Bb7 | Gm | Gm | Eb | Bb F Gm |
| Gm7 | Gm6 | Gm7 | Gm6 |
| Gm6 | Eb/A | Gm6 | Eb/A |
| Gm7 | Gm6 | Gm7 | Gm6 |
| Gm6 | Eb/A | Gm6 | Eb/A |
| Gm7 | Gm6 | Gm7 | Gm6 | (sneaky Shine On You Crazy Diamond riff)
| Gm6 | Eb/A | Gm6 | Eb/A |
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