The song was initially published on June 12, 2009, with Suffa serving as the producer. This song is pitched in the key of E minor.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
- BPM: 170
- Key: Em
- Capo: No Capo
- Chords: Am, Am7, Bm, C, E, E/G#, FM7, G
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| Am – x02210 Am7 – x02010 Bm – x24432 C – x32010 E – 022100 E/G# – 476454 G – 320003 | Am – 2000 Am7 – 0000 Bm – 4222 C – 0003 E – 1402 E/G# – 1402 G – 0232 |
Track Info
- Song: Fifty in Five
- Artist: Hilltop Hoods
- Produced by Suffa
- Release Date: June 12, 2009
[Intro] Am Am7 FM7 E E/G# Am Am7 FM7 E E/G# [Verse 1] Am Terror cleared the skyline
Am7
and anger clouded judgement FM7 So they spent a thousand night times E E/G# In the desert fighting something
Am
that they couldn't find Am7 That made it something that
they couldn't fight FM7 Left us all lamenting, all the
E E/G#
wrongs that they couldn't right Am This is for the second time
Am7
that we've been here before FM7 From Vietnam to Saddam,
E E/G#
we always needing a war Am Am7 Neo Conservatives rose up like Viet Cong N.C Their fingers on the trigger,
we won't be here for long [Verse 2] Am Am7 They killed MLK and named a day
after him FM7 They killed JFK and named an
E E/G#
airport after him Am Am7 Some guy shot a monster called Reagan
so he could bone FM7 A girl named Jodie Foster,
E E/G#
if only he'd known Am We tested nukes in the atmosphere,
Am7
the sea and the dirt FM7 And they tested all these missiles
E E/G#
just to see if they worked [Verse 3] Am Now France got 'em, Russia got 'em,
Am7
India and Pakistan FM7 Korea want 'em, States want 'em,
E E/G#
pointed at the Taliban Am Iran and Afghanistan,
Am7
sands of the Arab lands FM7 E Orders from portable commands in
E/G#
armoured caravans Am Am7 Internet, 3G cellular phones FM7 E Serial killers built mini-cells
E/G#
in their homes [Verse 4] Am Am7 And we had Manson, Bundy, Gacy,
Son of Sam FM7 E Macarena, Superman, Chicken Dance,
E/G#
Running Man Am Am7 Generation X and Generation Y FM7 And the generation next will
E E/G#
degenerate and die Am 'Cause we got holes in the ozone
G
that we put there ourselves Now the poles are a no-go,
Bm C
earth's cooking itself [Verse 5] Am And we can't look at ourselves Am7 FM7 So we got saline, botox, eighteen,
E E/G#
fake t*ts, nineteen, detox Am Don't stop, get it, get it,
Am7
can't afford it, get it credit FM7 E Buy it, spend it, try it, getting fat E/G# When you better shed it! [Verse 6] Am Am7 Ab Swing, Blue Blocker, Tupac or Biggie FM7 E E/G# East Coast, West Coast, Fat Joe or Fifty Am Am7 Thatcher, the shifty Iron Lady, Tony Blair FM7 E A princess died, some say
E/G#
'cause she got Dodi there Am Am7 Whitlam, Keating, Hawke and a promise of FM7 No children in poverty,
E E/G#
wish that could have been honest [Verse 7] Am We had Abbott and Costello,
Am7
right wing overlords FM7 Promises and children,
E E/G#
they threw 'em both overboard Am Am7 Overwrought refugees thrown to a group home FM7 Or jailed for the crime of
E E/G#
looking for a new home [Verse 8] Am Am7 Elvis died, Hendrix died, Lennon died FM7 Genocide in Africa, Serbia,
E E/G#
Cambodia, pesticides Am Am7 Bio-toxins, chemical warfare FM7 All's fair in love and war,
E E/G#
more work for the pallbearer Am Am7 More terror, more unjust
search and seizures FM7 A tidal wave came and claimed the
E E/G#
coast of Indonesia [Verse 9] Am Am7 Quakes in Iran, Japan and California FM7 Greenhouse gas turned the
E E/G#
world into a sauna Am Am7 The trauma of mortars, martyrs, slaughters FM7 E Of partners, mourners fathers
E/G#
and daughters Am They chased us, caught us,
Am7
numbered us to sort us FM7 Raped us, scorned us,
E E/G#
to break us they bought us Am Am7 Third world kidneys for captains
of industry FM7 Uprising in the street,
E E/G#
corruption in the ministry Am Am7 A blowj*b brought about the fall
of a dynasty FM7 E E/G# And MP3's saw the fall of an industry [Verse 10] Am Am7 Doubled population, halved accommodation FM7 Carved up resources and we
E E/G#
starved the poorer nations Am Am7 Beirut, Chechnya, all hell broke loose FM7 E Berlin, nineteen eighty nine, man,
E/G#
the wall fell Am Cold war ended but that
Am7
didn't stop more shells FM7 E E/G# Waco lit up the sky like burning oil wells Am Am7 A world laid waste with addiction FM7 Tell Orwell truth's always
E E/G#
stranger than fiction [Verse 11] Am Am7 Big Brother's on closed circuit TV
and on cable FM7 Reality's now scripted,
E E/G#
celebrity's for sale Am Am7 Jeopardy and jail, seized, deposed FM7 E E/G# Remedies and penalties for failed CEO's Am We had the Enron collapse and
Am7
white-collar crime and FM7 E E/G# Investors they were taxed a dollar for a dime Am Am7 The blue chip companies and blue-sky mines FM7 E E/G# We no longer choose sides we choose sidelines [Bridge] Am (Rich bleeding the kind,
Am7
blind leading the blind) FM7 E E/G# (And history repeats, no competing with time) Am Am7 (Gasses eating the minds of the Vets
that they bring home) FM7 (The plague of Agent Orange,
E E/G#
Gulf War Syndrome) Am Am7 (Soldiers sent home Posttraumatic
stress leave) FM7 E E/G# (STD's 'cause the sleeve ain't sexy) Am Am7 (AIDS shook the eighties, grim reaper
with a bowling ball) FM7 (Metallica, kill 'em all,
E E/G#
let god scold 'em all) [Verse 12] Am Am7 The Guildford Four, Chicago Seven FM7 E E/G# Mumia, Mandela, Ocean's Eleven Am Am7 Half past twelve on Friday the Thirteenth FM7 E E/G# Dawn of the Dead a Nightmare On Elm Street Am Weapons free environment,
Am7
war zone, phone home FM7 E E/G# Melanoma grow as we soak in the ozone Am Am7 Home-grown, (Hydro), Cocaine, (Nitro) FM7 E E/G# Werewolf in London, (American Psycho), check [Verse 13] Am Am7 Cyclones, bushfires, Bush firing Scuds FM7 Baby Boomers, Woodstock,
E E/G#
what happened to the love? Am Am7 What happened to the cubs? They fed
'em to the wolves FM7 Set a trial for pedophiles, they
E E/G#
let 'em in the schools! Am Am7 Set 'em on the students, turned
'em on the kids and FM7 E Everyone responsible should burn
E/G#
for what they did! [Verse 14] Am And if they try to deny
Am7
then an eye for an eye, the FM7 Government and church on which
E E/G#
we try to rely, both Am Am7 Rob us 'til it hurts chasing lie
after lie like FM7 E E/G# Astronauts chasing a pie in the sky, they Am Landed on the moon but can't
Am7
seem to return there FM7 Makes some question if they
E E/G#
ever really were there Am Am7 And if they were there now
and they looked back FM7 E Could we look them in the eye,
E/G#
could we look back? Am Am7 'Cause when we look back at
what we have done FM7 E E/G# Can you believe what we've become? [Outro] Am Am7 And as we walk into the sun FM7 E E/G# Can you believe what we have become? Am Am7 As we walk into the sun... FM7 E Am
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