Intro:
  Gm              Eb
A Westerner walks into a bar
C                 D
Television on the Middle East corner
Gm                   Eb
Talk to the barman a bit about cars
  C                    D                 Gm
a bit about war, and a bit about Captain America
      Eb             C
'Bout fifty-thousand dead
              D                  Gm
What a tragic tale, what a moral dilemma
             Eb
"What can we do to help?"
       C
Say it again and again and again
  D                      Gm
Until you've entertained yourself

Verse 1:
                Eb                 C
Said, "Hmm, ah, if I'm being honest
                    D                Gm
Never heard of your country until we bombed it"
                     Eb
There's an invisible gun in my pocket
C                   D
Pays for a round of shots, and a gossip
      Gm                       Eb
And a pissed-up thought in the water closet
C                  D
Don't use soap, no tap, don't wash it, uh
Gm        Eb
Unspoken law of the land
     C                   D             Gm
It's fashionable to have blood on your hands
                      Eb
And you start getting racist
           C                D
Talk about refugees gеtting payslips
      Gm                         Eb
Fifty pounds a week for needs is outrageous
          C                 D                   Gm
You spend nearly a ton on a night gеtting wasted

Verse 2:
        Eb
Reform UKKK
C                   D
"Let's make Britain great again"
Gm                  Eb
Fingers click and a monthly wage
     C                      D             Gm
Is a thousand stellas and a Lebanese takeaway
                  Eb  C
I put my faith in god
                 D
And a rich man's bank account
Gm            Eb
TV says, "Few million displaced"
C             D
I say xxxxing keep 'em out

Chorus:
       Gm              Eb
When a Westerner walks into a bar
C                  D
Television on the Middle East corner
Gm                   Eb
Talk to the barman a bit about cars
  C                    D                 Gm
a bit about war, and a bit about Captain America
      Eb             C
'Bout fifty-thousand dead
              D                  Gm
What a tragic tale, what a moral dilemma
             Eb
"What can we do to help?"
       C
Say it again and again and again
  D                      Gm
Until you've entertained yourself

Bridge:
                  Eb
I said, "Hmm, ah, if I'm being serious
C            D
This service is xxxx
                         Gm
And I don't think you're hearing this"
            Eb
The news is depressing
                    C
Can someone turn it off?
                 D
I don't wanna be dancing
                  Gm
When another bomb drops
              Eb
Another shot, cheap beer
          C                       D
And cheap talk on international relations
             Gm
State of the war
                  Eb
State of the nation

State of the rich and the poor
C                            D                     Gm
State of the— "Who gives two xxxxs 'bout some war?"
                         Eb
I've been waiting thirty minutes
                  C
And I haven't had another drink yet
       C                       D
Is the country in the sink yet?
                         Gm                      Eb
Is the threat of nuclear action on the brink yet?
                             C                    D
I will blow your mind when I get the time to think

Verse 4:
     Gm
Says "Oh, the horror
  Eb
I wish I could change it
     C                        D
If I don't get served in five minutes, I'm complaining"
Gm
Now I'm getting kicked out
Eb
Now I've got a bottle
        C                          D
I might wrap it up with somebody's head down the cobbles

Chorus:
       Gm              Eb
When a Westerner walks into a bar
C                  D
Television on the Middle East corner
Gm                   Eb
Talk to the barman a bit about cars
  C                    D                 Gm
a bit about war, and a bit about Captain America
      Eb             C
'Bout fifty-thousand dead
              D                  Gm
What a tragic tale, what a moral dilemma
             Eb
"What can we do to help?"
       C
Say it again and again and again and again and again and a— Ugh