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A Protest Song (SNL) – Hugh Laurie Chorded by: Koryr Email: TenaciousKory@gmail.com On October 28th, 2006, in a Saturday Night Live sketch right before Beck’s musical performance, Hugh Laurie performed an old song from his days with A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Tuning: Standard F-F-F-F-E-F' Harmonica Key : G Original SNL Video : http://www.snotr.com/video/347 A Bit of Fry and Laurie Version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4jDQrjBco Note: The intro contains harmonica on the fourth and fifth bar. Laurie tends to do some hammer-ons at the optional (C). Intro: | F F | F F | F F | F Am F F | F Am F F | F F | F F | F Am F F (F) Well, the poor keep getting hungry, and the rich keep getting fat F Am F F (F) Politicians change, but they're never gonna change that. F Am F F (F) Girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe
AlDml we gotta do is.. F[ mumbles incoherently ] Break: | F F | F F |
F Am F F (F) Well, the winds of war are blowin', and the tide is comin' in F Am F F (F) Don't you be hopin' for the good times, because the good times have already been. F Am F F (F) But, girl, we got the answer, it's so easy you won't believe
AlDml we gotta do is.. F[ mumbles incoherently ] ItAm's so easy, tDmo see IfAm only they'd listen, to you andF me. WeF got to.. [F mumbles incoherentlFy] as fast as we Fcan WeF got to.. [F mumbles incoherentlFy] every woman, everFy man WeF got to.. [F mumbles incoherentlFy] time after Ftime WeF got to.. [F mumbles incoherentlFy] vodka and lFime.
Break: | F F | F F | F Am F F (F) Well, the world is gettin' weary, and it wants to go to bed F Am F F (F) Everybody's dyin', except the ones who are already dead. F Am F F (F) Girl, we got the answer, starin' us right in the face
AlDml we gotta do is AlDml we gotta do is AlDml we gotta do is.
[ pauses, then blows on the harmonica and finishes with outro ] Outro: | F Am F F | F Am F F | F F |