^GNervous tension, man's invention, Is the biggest killer that's around to^Cday

Let the tension out or it will build and build inside

And strike you down some ^Gday Nervous tension, man's invention Is the biggest waste of human ener^Cgy

Let the tension out, or it will surely kill

And that will be a trage^Gdy

^DValium helps you for a while But somehow valium seems to ^Cbring me down There's ^Dno pill I can recommend where side effects Aren't guaranteed to ^Csend you round the ^Dbend

You gotta ^Glet out the tension With a ^Clittle bit of exer^Gcise

Loosen up your muscles

And feel the ^Cknots in your body un^Gtie

We oh we oh

^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah ^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah ^G

^GIt sure beats quaaludes It sure beats cocaine^G

Even Freud recommends it

Cos it re^Clieves the strain^G

Altogether now

^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah ^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah ^G

^CSome people say it sends you deaf ^DSome people say it sends you blind ^ESome people say it makes you old ^Fsome people say it blows your ^Gmind

But I say

^GIf it's good for your health It's ^Cgood for your mind^G

If it keeps you together

It's ^Creally all right^G

We oh we oh Oh c'mon, kick the cat

^GOh oh oh oh it's the ^Cstate of the national health^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^CBlame it on the national health^G

^CNervous tension, nervous tension, ^Dnervous tension,nervous tension ^Enervous tension, nervous tension^F. ^GNervous tension, man's invention Is the biggest killer that's ^Caround

^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah ^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah an ^G

^DValium helps you for a while But somehow valium seems to ^Cbring me down There's ^Dno pill I can recommend where side effects Aren't guaranteed to ^Csend you round the ^Dbend

I say I say

^GOh oh oh oh ^Cit's good for your health^G ^GKeeps you together, ^Cit's the state of the national health^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^CBlame it on the national health^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^Git's the state of the national health^G ^GOh oh oh oh ^Cah ah ah ah^G

Kinks - National health