Topic: "Sanctimonious Profiteering Fear-Mongers Out!"
Originally posted several months ago within another thread, this blues bit got lost in the shuffle of the recent forum update. So, I am re-posting this stridently political rant again it it's own thread. It was written in the days preceeding the November elections.
I am not a particularly political person, but the spectacle of a war based on fabricated evidence of an imminent threat (remember WMD's?) appalls me.
The lyric is wordy, so the tempo must be relatively slow. Melody is your typical 12-bar blues line.
Sanctimonious Profiteering Fear-Mongers Out!by, James McCormick, October 1, 2006
12-bar Blues, Last line of each verse is a sing-along
. . . .
Well they [C]give us smoke and mirrors, Because it’s [C]show biz all the way
And the [C]talking heads on Fox, Are [C]cheering them every day.
They’ll try to [F7]whip you into a frenzy, With the [F7]facts that they do spin.
And if you [C]try to ask a question, well then you’re [C]un-American.
Let’s use the [G7]power of the ballot box, Don’t just [F7]sit around and pout
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
. . . .
The hy-[C]pocrisy is appalling, Why don’t they [C]just resign in shame.
But in-[C]stead they blame their critics for [C]soiling their good name.
And when the [F7]lobbyists come a-calling with big [F7]sacks of campaign cash,
They’re [C]checking their investmentsand [C]shredding all the trash.
It’s [G7]time to change the linens, Let the [F7]fat cats hear you shout.
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
. . . .
Sitting [C]right there in our White House, Is Tweedle-[C]Dum and Tweedle-Dee.
With their [C]neo-conservative chicken-hawk[C]corporate coterie
Well their [F7]children they are safe at home, they aren’t [F7]dieing in this war
Their [C]quarterly profit reports are out, and Wall [C]Street just screams for more,
I’m so [G7]sick of this direction, We [F7]need a brand newroute,
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
. . . .
First they’ll [C]wrap it up in scripture, Then try to [C]stab you with our flag.
Then they’ll [C]tap into your phone lines, And they’ll [C]slap you with a gag
They con-[F7]veniently forget this is the [F7]Land of the Free
Because their [C]goal is to establish heredi-[C]tary theocracy
So let’s [G7]take away their pulpit, Let’s [F7]balance out their clout
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
. . . .
They’ve got some [C]bloviating pundits, Who are not [C]burdened by the facts
They’ve got some [C]spiteful TV preachers with [C]hair made out of wax
They’ve got that [F7]jerk down at work who [F7]makes the racist jokes
They’ve got those [C]wacky fundamentalists who think that [C]Science is a hoax
This coa-[G7]lition of the willing I can [F7]say without a doubt
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
. . . .
Let’s have a [C]rational discussion, About some [C]issues that are real
If you can [C]set aside for just one moment your [C]crusading zeal
And now [F7]please don’t patronize me with a [F7]pandering attitude
I’m so [C]sick and tired of bombast and sim-[C]plistic platitudes
Let’s re-[G7]mind the demagogues of what this [F7]country’s all about
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
[C]Sanctimonious profiteering fear-mongers [G7]out!!!
Enjoy!
"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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