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Version 1#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Subject: CRD: When the World Is Running Down Keywords: chords Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 20:12:28 GMT ============================================================================ WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN (YOU MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT'S STILL AROUND) Original music by: Sting Performance by: The Police ============================================================================ CHORDS: C9sus D9 sus Emin7(add11) 333333 555555 777787 ============================================================================ C9sus D9sus / / / / | / / / / 1. Turn on my VCR Same one I had for years 2. Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears 3. Plug in my MCI To exercise my brain 4. When I feel lonely here Don't waste my time with tears Emin7(add11) / / / / | / / / / James Brown on the TAMI show Same tape I've had for years Tell me where I would go I Ain't been out for years Make records on my own Can't go out in the rain I run _DEEP_THROAT_ again it ran and ran for years C9sus D9sus / / / / | / / / / I sit in my old car same one I've had for years Turn on the stereo It's played for years and years Pick up the telephone I've listened here for years Don't like the food I eat the cans are running out Emin7(add11) / / / / | / / / / Old battery's running down It ran and ran for years An Otis Redding song It's all I own (WHEN THE) No one to talk to me I've listened here for years (WHEN THE) Same food for years and years I hate the food I eat (WHEN THE) CHORUS (Repeat) C9sus D9sus / / / / | / / / / The World is running down you make Emin7(add11) / / / / | / / / / The best of whats still around---- when the ============================================================================ Performance notes: Verse 1 Verse 2 Chorus Verse 3 Chorus Verse (BASS INSTRUMENTAL) Verse (BASS INSTRUMENTAL) Verse 4 Chorus Chorus Verse 1 (FADE OUT) ============================================================================ -- The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. G.K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)