We’re not gonna take it    (video)

 

    G - C - G - C

 

       G                      C                          C                              G

1. Welcome to the camp, I guess you all know why we're here !

F                                                Em

    My name is Tommy, and I became aware this year.

Eb                                                    G

    If you want to follow me, you've got to play pinball,

             C                 G              C               G

    and put it in your earplugs, put on your eyeshades,

               C                                G

    you know where to put the cork.    +  G - F - G

 

  G                               C                   - C                       G

2.   Hey, you, gettin' drunk, so sorry,       I've got you sussed,

F                                                       - Em

    hey, you, smokin' mother nature,          this is a bust.

Eb                                                        G

    Hey, hung up ol' Mr. Normal, don't try to gain my trust,

                  C                     G              C                   G

    'cause you ain't gonna follow me any of those ways,

           C                               G

    although you think you must.        +  G - F - G

 

   G                                - C - F - C    G                                  - C - F - C

We're not gonna take it,                  we’re not gonna take it !

   G                                - C - F - C    G                                  - C - F - C

We're not gonna take it,                  we’re not gonna take it !

C                              G                   F           C               - G

    We're not gonna take it, never did and never will !

C                               G                       F                      C

     We're not gonna take it, gonna break it, gonna shake it,

            Bb     Am     G

let's forget it better still !

 

+  C - F - C - G     - C - F - C - G

 

    G                            C                  C                     G

3.     Now you can't hear me, your ears are truly sealed,

F                                      - Em

    you can't speak either,         'cause your mouth is filled.

Eb                                             G

    You can't see nothing, and pinball completes the scene,

              C                  G            C            G

    here comes Uncle Ernie to guide you to

              C                   G

    your very own machine !        +  G - F - G

 

   G                                - C - F - C    G                                  - C - F - C

We're not gonna take it,                  we’re not gonna take it !

   G                                - C - F - C    G                                  - C - F - C

We're not gonna take it,                  we’re not gonna take it !

C                              G                   F           C               - G

    We're not gonna take it, never did and never will !

C                            G                    F       C          G

    Don't want no religion, and as far as we can tell,

C                          G                       F            C              - G

    we ain't gonna take you, never did and never will.

C                             G                        F                        C

    We're not gonna take you, we forsake you, gonna rape you,

             Bb        Am     G

let's forget you better still !

 

+  C - F - C - G  (4x)

 

                 F                        C

+  We forsake you, gonna rape you,

                 Bb        Am      A 

    let's forget you better still !      +  D ~ ~

 

      Eb          F            F              G

+  See me, feel me, touch me, heal me !

      Eb          F            F              G

    See me, feel me, touch me, heal me !

      Eb          F            F              G

    See me, feel me, touch me, heal me !

      Eb          F           F                E

    See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.    +  B7 - B

 

                      A  B7             C                        A  B7             E

Listening to you, I get the music, gazing at you, I get the heat,

                   A  B7                 C                        G          D           B7   - B

Following you, I climb the mountain, I get excitement at your feet.

                       A  B7              C                 A  B7              E

Right behind you, I see the millions, on you, I see the glory,

           A  B7        C                    G  D              B7     - B

from you, I get opinions, from you, I get the story.

 

+  repeat last  CHORUS  ....

 

 

The End

 

    (The Who)