The News Jack Johnson
All music and Lyrics written by and the property of Jack Johnson
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
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INTRO - just an extra four bars of first chord
[A] [A]
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VERSE - repeat as necessary
[A] [A] [Bm] [Bm]
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CHORUS #1
[A] [A] [C#m] [C#m]
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[Bm] [Bm] [D] [Dm]
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CHORUS #2 - (to BRIDGE)
[A] [A] [C#m] [C#m]
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[Bm] [Bm] [D] [C#m]
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BRIDGE
[Bm] [Bm] [F#m] [F#m]
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BRIDGE END - (going back to VERSE)
[A] [A] [E] [E]
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SONG STRUCTURE
INTRO
| A | A | A | A |
VERSE (x 2)
CHORUS #1 (x 1)
VERSE (x 3)
CHORUS #2 (x 1)
BRIDGE (x 2)
BRIDGE END (x 1)
VERSE (x 2)
CHORUS #1 (x 1)
VERSE (x 1)
OUTRO (one A chord)
CHORDS AND LYRICS
(INTRO)
[A]A billion people died on the[Bm] news tonight
[A]But not so many cried at the [Bm]devil sight
Well mama sai[A]d
It's just [A]make believe
[C#m]You can't believe everything you see
[Bm]So baby close your eyes to the lullabie[D]s
[Dm] On the news tonight
(once through verse before lyrics start)
[A]Who's the one to decide that it would [Bm]be alright
[A]To put the music behind the [Bm]news tonight
Well mama said[A]
You can't believe everything you hear
[C#m]The diegetic world is so [Bm]unclear
So baby close your ears[D]
[C#m] On the news [Bm]tonight
On the news [Fm]tonight
[Bm]The unobtrusive tones on the news [Fm]tonight
[And] [mama] [said]
[A] [E]
[Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm]
[A]Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about [Bm]people who die
[A]At least they could be decent enough to put just a [Bm]tear in their eyes
[Mama] [said]
[A]It's just make believe
[C#m]You cant believe everything you see
[Bm]So baby close your eyes to the lullabies[D]
[Dm] On the ne[A]ws tonight
(Bm to A chord for outro)
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