Riff:
C#m E F#/D#
E|------------------------------------------------7--------6---------|
B|------------------------------------------------9--------7---------|
G|------------------------------------------------9--------6---------|
D|-(6)---------------6--(6)-----------------6-----9--------x---------|
A|--4---7---4-4--7-4-7---4---7---4-----7--4-7-----7--------6---------|
E|---------------------------------7-4------------0------------------|
Chord Forms:
E 0 7 9 9 9 7
F#/D#: x 6 x 6 7 6
F#: x 9 11 11 11 9
Amaj7/E: 0 0 7 9 9 9
[Verse 1]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, is there nothing left to say?
E F#/D#
When the ones that get to keep looking are the ones that look away
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
It's pabulum for the sleepers in the cult of brighter days
[Verse 2]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, at the mercy of the crooks
E F#/D#
We're broke and stroking vegetables and there's way too many cooks
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
In every pot a pink slip, In every mouth a hook
[Verse 3]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, I'm not listening anymore
E F#/D#
Cause the spooks are in the White House and they've justified a war
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
So wake me when they notify we're gonna fight some more
[Chorus]
G# C#m
Goodness Gracious, not many people care
F# D#
Concern is getting scarcer, true compassion really rare
G# F#
I can see it on our faces, I can feel it in the air
F# D# G# C#m
Goodness Gracious me
[Verse 4]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, my generation's lost
E F#/D#
They burned down all our bridges before we had a chance to cross
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
Is it the winter of our discontent or just an early frost?
[Verse 5]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, of apathy I sing
E F#/D#
The baby boomers had it all and wasted everything
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
Now recess is almost over and they won't get off the swing
[Chorus]
G# C#m
Goodness Gracious, we came in at the end
F# D#
No sex that isn't dangerous, no money left to spend
G# F#
We're the cleanup crew for parties we were too young to attend
F# D# G# C#m
Goodness Gracious me
[Outro]
C#m
Goodness Gracious, my grandma used to say
E F#/D#
The world's a scary place now, things were different in her day
F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m
What horrors will be commonplace when my hair starts to grey?
