Sting - Jeremiah blues part 1

^DIt was midnight, ^Gmidnight at noon ^DEveryone talked ^Gin rhyme ^DEveryone saw the ^Gbig clock ticking ^DNobody knew, ^Fnobody ^Gknew the time ^DElegant debutantes ^Gsmiled ^DEveryone fought for ^Gdimes ^DNewspapers screamed for ^Fblood ^EmIt was the best of ^Bmtimes

^AmEvery place around the world it seemed ^Fthe same ^AmCan't hear the rhythm for the ^Fdrums ^AmEverybody wants to ^Flook the other way ^AmWhen something wicked ^Fthis way comes ^GmSometimes they tie a ^Cthief to the tree ^AmSometimes I stare ^DSometimes it's me

^DEveryone told the ^Gtruth ^DAll that we heard were ^Glies ^DA pope claimed that he'd been ^Gwrong in the past ^EmThis was a big sur^Bprise ^DEveryone fell i^Gn love ^DA cardinal's wife ^Gwas jailed ^DThe government saved a ^Fdying ^Gplanet ^EmWhen popular icons ^Bmfailed

^AmEvery place around the world it seemed ^Fthe same ^AmCan't hear the rhythm for the ^Fdrums ^AmEverybody wants to ^Flook the other way ^AmWhen something wicked ^Fthis way comes

^GmSometimes they tie a ^Cthief to the tree ^AmSometimes I stare, ^Dmsometimes it's me ^AmSometimes I stare, ^Dmsometimes it's me