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