GCG/BAm
Take all your overgrown infants away, somewhere,
DA#BmA/C#
And build them a home, a little place of their own
DEmCDEm7D/F#GC
The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings.
GCG/BAm
And they can appear to themselves every day,
DA#BmA/BBm
On closed circuit T.V. to make sure they're still real
CDEm
It's the only connection they feel
Cmaj7
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Reagan and Haig,
D
Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher and Paisley,
Cmaj7
Mr. Brezhnev and party, the ghost of McCarthy,
D
The memories of Nixon. And now adding colour,
GD/F#CA group of anonymous Latin-American meat packing glitterati"
EmD
Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?
GD/F#C
They can polish their medals and sharpen their smiles,
GD/F#C
And amuse themselves playing games for a while
GD/F#CEmadd9
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead
GD/F#EmD/F#GD/F#EmDCmaj7DGD/F#CDGD/F#Cmaj7DGD/F#Cmaj7Emadd9GCG/BAm
Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye,
DA#Bm
With their favorite toys, they'll be good girls and boys
A/C#DEmCDEm7D/F#G
In the Fletcher Memorial Home for colonial wasters of life and limb
D/F#CGD/F#Cadd9
Is everone in? Are you having a nice time?
D/F#CEmadd9
Now the final solution can be applied
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.