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The Police

When The World Is Running Down

by The Police
The Police

Biography:

The Police were a new wave band which formed in 1977 in London, England. The band consisted of Sting (vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums). The band released five albums -- "Outlandos d'Amour" (1978), "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979), "Zenyatta Mondatta" (1980), "Ghost in the Machine" (1982) and "Synchronicity" (1983) -- before entering a hiatus in 1984 and ultimately disbanding in 1986

The band reunited in January 2007 for a reunion tour that lasted until August 2008.

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Subject: CRD: When the World Is Running Down
Keywords: chords
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 20:12:28 GMT


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WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN (YOU MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT'S STILL AROUND)

Original music by: Sting
Performance by: The Police
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CHORDS:
C9sus D9 sus Emin7(add11)
333333 555555 777787
============================================================================


C9sus D9sus
/ / / / | / / / /
1. Turn on my VCR Same one I had for years
2. Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears
3. Plug in my MCI To exercise my brain
4. When I feel lonely here Don't waste my time with tears

Emin7(add11)
/ / / / | / / / /
James Brown on the TAMI show Same tape I've had for years
Tell me where I would go I Ain't been out for years
Make records on my own Can't go out in the rain
I run _DEEP_THROAT_ again it ran and ran for years

C9sus D9sus
/ / / / | / / / /
I sit in my old car same one I've had for years
Turn on the stereo It's played for years and years
Pick up the telephone I've listened here for years
Don't like the food I eat the cans are running out

Emin7(add11)
/ / / / | / / / /
Old battery's running down It ran and ran for years
An Otis Redding song It's all I own (WHEN THE)
No one to talk to me I've listened here for years (WHEN THE)
Same food for years and years I hate the food I eat (WHEN THE)

CHORUS (Repeat)
C9sus D9sus
/ / / / | / / / /
The World is running down you make

Emin7(add11)
/ / / / | / / / /
The best of whats still around---- when the

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Performance notes:
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse 3
Chorus
Verse (BASS INSTRUMENTAL)
Verse (BASS INSTRUMENTAL)
Verse 4
Chorus
Chorus
Verse 1 (FADE OUT)
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--
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
G.K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)




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