Intro
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Verse 1
  C 
I like to watch TV 
F 
Listen to the news 
C                      F 
Hear what everybody is saying 
          C 
There's a lotta talk about god 
F 
Peace and safety and 
C 
War and fear and 
F 
There goes a girl in a bikini 
 
Verse 2
C 
This guy is saying that guy's an idiot and 
F 
She's on the right he's on the left and 
C 
Everybody's screaming and yelling at each other and 
F 
Calling each other jerks 
 
It's a party 
 
Chorus
Am        G         F 
Who cares where the truth lies 
Am        G         F 
Who cares where the truth lies 
 
Verse 3
C 
Guys dressed up in suits and ties 
         F 
Look you straight in the eyes 
 
Telling lies 
      C 
But I really wish I knew 
               F 
What they were talking about 
C 
Meanwhile human beings 
                       F 
Are being strung up on bridges and 
                              C 
Little kids are getting their legs blown off and 
                               F 
Young soldiers are coming home no more 
 
Verse 4
       C                F     G 
If you live in New York city 
                     F 
Keep your eye on the sky 
                 C 
Afraid to take a subway ride 
                    F 
Wondering about the next time 
    C           Am 
The next time 
 
Chorus
G   F       Am 
Who cares 
G   F        G 
Who cares 
 
Verse 5
                        C     F    
So I look inside my own angry heart 
    G 
The violent world 
         C               F 
Of my misdeeds and my mistakes 
       G 
My old messy heartbreaks 
       C      F 
And fantastic fakes 
           C                 Em 
The good intentions paved in gold 
 F          C         Am   Em 
Another war story gets told___ 
 
Verse 6
         C 
I like to watch TV 
F 
Listen to the news 
C                      F 
Hear what everybody is saying 
  C 
I think that I'm a dove but 
F 
Maybe I'm a hawk and 
C                   F 
Someday I will fly away 
 
Chorus
Am        G         F 
Who cares where the truth lies