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The World Isnt Fair

Biography:

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.

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...THE WORLD ISN'T FAIR... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*

Verse 1:

Dm Am Bb F C7 F
When Karl Marx were a boy, he took a hard look a-round;
Am7b5 D7 Gm Gm/D
He saw people were starving all over the place,
C7 Caug F
While others were painting the town.

Verse 2:

F Gm7 F F/C C7 F
The public spirited boy, became a public spirited man.
Dm Am Bb F/A
So he worked very hard, and he read every-thing,
G7 C
Un-til he came up with a plan.

Bridge 1:

F A7 Dm Dm F7 Bdim7
There'll be no exploi-tation, of the worker or his kin.
Dm A7 Dm Bb E A7
No dis-crimi-nation, 'cos the colour of your skin.

Dm Bbdim7 Bdim7 Abdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 C7
No more private proper-ty; it would not be allo-wed.
Db F
No one could rise too high, no once could sink too low,
F Bb G7 C
Or go under com-pletely, like some we all know.

Verse 3:

F Gm7 F F C7 F
If Marx were living to-day, he'd be rolling a-round in his grave.

Dm Am Bb F/A
And if I had him here, in my mansion on the hill,
Dm Am Bb F/A
I'd tell him a story; t'would give his old heart a chill.
G7 C
It's something that happened to me.

Break:

Ab B F Ab B F
I'd say, Karl I recently stumbled, into a new fami-ly.
Db E Bb Db G7 C
With two little children in school, where all little children should be.
Ab B F Ab B F
I went to the orien-tation; all the young mommies were there.

Verse 4:

Dm Am Bb F/A
Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight,
Dm Am/C Bb F
As these beautiful women, ar-rayed for the night.

Db Ab Bbm/F F/C
Just like Countesses, Empresses, movie stars and queens.
G7 C
And they'd come there with with men much like me;
F C Bb C
Froggish men, un-pleasant to see.
Db Bb C7 F
Were you to kiss one, Karl; merry a prince would there be.

Chorus 1:

Dm Bb7 F Bb E F
See Karl, the world isn't fair; it isn't and never will be.

Gm7 F Bb F
They tried out your plan; it brought misery in-stead.
Gm7 F Bb F
If you'd seen how they worked it, you'd be glad you were dead.
Bb F Bb F
Just like I'm glad I'm living in the land of the free,
Bb F/C Bb A7 Dm
Where the rich just get richer, and the poor you don't ever have to see.

Gdim F/C
It would de-press us, Karl, because we care...
Fdim C7 F
That the world, still isn't... fair.

Outro:

F Gm7 F, F C, F

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Dm Am Bb F C7 Am7b5 D7 Gm

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x02210 x13331 133211 x32310 x01213 xx0212 355333

Gm/D Caug Gm7 F/C F/A G7 C A7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0333 x32110 353333 x33211 x03211 323000 x32010 x02223

F7 Bdim7 E Bbdim7 Abdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 Db

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
131211 xx0101 022100 x12020 xx4545 xx5656 xx2323 x46664

Ab B Bbm/F Gdim Fdim

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
466544 x24442 113321 xx3434 xx0101

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])