song:  tension
by:  todd snider


(G)Tension 
(C)Tension 
(G)Tension it's all that I (D)know 
(G)I got tension out in traffic 
(C)I got tension in my office 
(G)I got tension and it's everywhere that I (D)go 

(Spoken) 
(G)After the bad guy killed off all the (D)underdeveloped characters 
The (Em)good guy put a bullet right through his (C)head 
(G)The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the (D)loose ends had been 
tied, (Em)justice is irrelevant 
(C)Violent problems need violent solutions 
'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead 
(G)It's called box office, baby (D)
(Em)It's bigger than the damn Stones (C)

Tension 
Tension 
Tension it's all that I know 
I got tension in my health food 
Tension in my exercise 
Tension and it's everywhere that I go 

(Spoken) 
Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at 
addiction 
'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you 
But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol 
Commissions 
It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as 
whose 
You see people....people still love drugs 
They're bigger than...hell, they're bigger than Rush Limbaugh 

Tension 
Tension 
Tension it's all that I know 
I got tension in my classroom 
I got tension in my courtroom 
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go 

(Spoken) 
When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy 
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door 
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me 
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore 
Abortion 
That's what scares people these days 
And fear 
Hell...fear is bigger than Elvis Aron Presley 

(Harmonica Solo)