Clash - Midnight Log Chords

Verse 1:

G
Working for the devil
      Em
You'll have to pay his tax
G
That means going to see him
Em
Down among the racks
G
You don't believe in him
Em
But he can wait for you
    A              G
You do his work so fine
Em
He'll remember you
B       D      E  
He'll remember you

G Em G Em
(hit G once and then strum Em)

Verse 2:

G
Worried for my friend
      Em
As he shows me round the flat
G
Where I don't wanna find him
Em
His lips an' eyelids black
G
He don't believe my speech
           Em
That lines can and should be drawn
     A           G
Like if he had a shotgun
Em
The barrels would be sawn
B           D        E
The barrels would be sawn

G Em G Em

Verse 3:

G
Swallowed by the river
Em
Swollen by the rains
G
That leakin' ol' computer
   Em
Of fingerprints and names
G
Swimming in the river
     Em
That floods the neighborhood
A               G
I would call to you
Em
But it would do no good
B            D     E
But it would do no good

G Em G Em

Verse 4:

G
Voting for the law
           Em
That's the general occupation
G
First the public safety
     Em
Then second comes the nation
G
You won't believe me now
           Em
But there's been some illumination
    A                G
The wisest cops have realized
     Em
They f**ked the operation
B D E

G Em G Em

Verse 5:

G
Cooking up the books
  Em
A respected occupation
G                                Em
The anchor and foundation of all multi-corporations
G
They don't believe in crime
Em
They don't know that it exists
       A                 G
But to understand what's right and wrong
    Em
The lawyers work in shifts
    B       D       E
The lawyers work in shifts...

G Em G Em

Verse 6:

G
'N speaking of the devil
   Em
He ain't been seen for years
G
'Cept every 20 mins
   Em
He zooms between me ears
G
I don't believe in books
      Em
But I read them all the time
    A              G  
For ciphers to the riddles
    Em
An' reasons to the rhymes 
B       D      E
Reasons to the rhymes

G Em G Em
G Em G Em ...