Protection
Graham Parker Key
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Verse 1
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So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
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So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head
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And all of those infected waiting to be collected
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I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice
CHORUS
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E D E
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
A D A D A
Protection, protection
Verse 2
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Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
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And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
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So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
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Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
CHORUS
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E D E
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
A D A D A
Protection, protection
Verse 3
F#m A
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
Bm D
I don't know myself, I don't know you either
F#m A
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
Bm D
I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother
F#m A
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Bm D
It's just the thought of someone
Bm D
It's just the thought of someone
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It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in
Verse 4
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So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey
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Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
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And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
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Happy hours come and gone much too short and much too long
CHORUS
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
F#m D A E D E
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
A D A D E
Protection, protection
Verse 5
F#m D A E
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
A D A D A D E
Protection protection protection
F#m A
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Bm D F#m A
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
A D A D
Protection protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
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Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
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Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide?
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You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection D PEAT AND FDE
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