Em F#7/E E7sus/E E5
Look at the weather, look at the news
Em F#7/E E7sus/F# E5
Look at all the people in denial
Em F#7/E
We're running time, leaving grace
E7sus/E E5
Still we worship at the marketplace
Em F#7/E E7sus/E E5
While common sense is goin' out of style
Am Em
I thought that I would be above it all by now
Am C B
In some country garden in the shade
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
But it's business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Day after day
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Just grinding away
Am7 Am6 Bm7 Am6
You try to be righteous
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
You try to do good
C
But business as usual
B Em
Turns your heart into wood
Em F#7/F# E7sus/F# E5
Monuments to arrogance reach for the sky
Em F#7/F# E7sus/F# E5
Our better nature's buried in the rubble
Em F#7/F# E7sus/F# E5
We got the prettiest White House that money can buy
Em F#7/F# E7sus/F# E5
Sitting up there in that beltway bubble
Am Em
The main jefe talks about our freedom
Am C B
But this is what he really means...
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
How dirty we play
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Don't you get in the way
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Yeah, make you feel helpless
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Make you feel like a clown
C
Business as usual
B Em
Is breakin' me down
C B Em
Boy, you can't go surfing in Century City
Am B Em
Yeah, them sharks out there are lurking beneath the curb
C B Em Am
Yeah, they rob you blind, chew you up, and it ain't pretty
C F
And it's a soul suckin', soul suckin', soul suckin', soul suckin'
B
Soul suckin', soul suckin' world
Am Em Am Em Am Em C B
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Day after day
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
Business as usual
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Feel like walking away
Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
E barrell of monkeys
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Or band of renown
C
Business as usual
B Em F#7/E E7sus/E E5
Is breakin' me down
Em F#7/E E7sus/E Em
Breakin' me down