Buffy Sainte-Marie - The big ones get away

^EHey, Baby I ^E7just got back from ^Atown Where the bribes are ^F#mpaid Honey, they turned my offer ^Ddown They say the deal's already ^Emade^E7 So now I gotta ^Estand and ^Awatch While it all comes ^F#mdown And the buzzards and the ^Dhawks And the judges and the ^F#mmob ^ACircle ^Eround

Now if ^E7I were the ^Aqueen of all the ^F#mworld I would go in ^Dchains just to see you ^Efree^E7 Of the ^Eropes that ^Abind you And the role you ^F#mplay And the pride that ^Dhooks you ^F#m A E (A E) While the big ones get away

^ELove junkies wanna change the ^Aworld: It quickly stays the ^F#msame Money junkies hire all the ^Dsmart ones Power junkies run the ^Egame^E7

One ^Estep at a ^Atime Polarity ^F#mHill If the bad guys don't ^Dget you, baby Then the good^E guy^E7s will With ^Eangels on the ^Atake And the gangsters in the ^F#myard Hey don't the wars come ^Deasy Hey don't the peace come ^Ehard^E7

Now if ^EI had a ^Away to reach the ^F#msky I'd grab that crescent ^Dmoon

Save you from the ^Elies^E7 From the ^Eropes that ^Abind you And the rol^F#me you play And the game that ^Dhooks you ^F#m While the ^Abig ones get a^Eway