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      [Intro]

D   Cm      G   D

D   Cm      G   D


[Verse 1]

                 D      Cm    G              D
I could make you scared       if you want me to
        D        Cm           G             D
I'm not prepared,             but if I have to
                      D      Cm               G      D
I said I can make you scared       It's kinda what I do
           D       Cm                  G            D
If you are prepared       Here is what I propose to do
D               Cm                  G                D
You're in Russia    And more than a million works of art
D           Cm      G      D
Are whisked out to the woods
D            Cm             G           D
    When the Nazis find the whole place dark
D          Cm               G          D
They think God's   Left the museum for good


[Verse 2]

           D      Cm            G      D
I make you scared,       that's what I do
          D       Cm          G    D
If you're prepared,      if I have to
              D      Cm         G      D
If I make you scared and you'll pay me to
              D   Cm              G                 D
If that's the deal     Now here's what I can do for you


[Bridge]

              A     G    A           G    A
Now there's a focus group   that can prove
                        G       D
That is all nothing but cold calculation

D   Cm    G   D

D   Cm    G   D


[Verse 3]

D               Cm    G             D
Tests have shown that suspicious or hostile
D        Cm             G         D
   Their lives need not be shortened
         D   Cm                   G          D
Truth be told     They can live a long, long while
D             Cm             G         D
   Tickled to death by their importance
               D     Cm               G        D
If you make me scared       If that's what you do
       D      Cm    G                     D
If I'm unclear      can I get out of this thing

With me and you
            D     Cm         G           D
If you feel scared      or a bit confused
        D  Cm                 G             D
I gotta say     This sounds a little beyond anything I am used to

[Bridge]

            A        G   A           G     A
Now there a precious few    That can prove
            G    A
that at the root
A                       G       D
That is all nothing but cold calculation


[Instrumental]

D   Cm   G   D

D   Cm   G   D


[Verse 4]

        D         Cm                 G    D
Clearly entranced     you're leaning back now
D          Cm                       G   D
  Defanged destroyer limps into the bay
            D    Cm                   G       D
Down at the beach     it's attracting quite a crowd
   D    Cm                 G             D
As kids wade through blood out to it and play
               D     Cm                G          D
Ok you make me scared you did what you set out to do
        D        Cm                 G           D
I'm not prepared, you really had me going there for a minute or two
                     D          Cm                    G       D
He said, you make me scared too,  I wasn't sure I was getting through
        D  Cm               G              A             D
I gotta go,     it's been a pleasure doing business with you.


[Outro]

D   Cm  G   D

D   Cm  G   D
    

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