Tribulation Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
We've got [D]tribulation,
my [F]good sir.
We've got [D]tribulation and schmig[F]adoo.
Look [E]down there, [D]do you see what [F#m]I see?
[E]Peanut shells in the street.
[A]Lying there like passed out
drunks in the gutter.
[Bb]Turning Town[A] Square
into the floor [Bb]of a saloon.
[A]The home of loose women
and hooch happy sinners.
A petting [D]pandory
in the middle of the street.
Is that what our town's [F]become?
[E]Is that the[D] future we
want for our children?
[E]I'm telling [D]you, things have changed ever
since [Ebdim]those two outsiders wal[A]tzed in.
With their big city ways
and their newfangled ideas.
[Bb]Promiscuity [A]and deprav[Bb]ity[G]
Inter[F]lopers, interlop[Em]ing with [Eb]hearts
Colder than the hinges of hell
First the [D]two of them arrive
unmar[E]ried
Brimming with [D]lust,
wanting to share a [G]bed
[Em]Then a [D]brazen display
at the basket auction
Now the [G]mayor's out,
proclaiming his perver[Em]sions
At the [G]root of it all are two strangers
Who've [E]never cracked a [D]Bible in [Bm]their life
[B]And that's gon[E]na lead to
[A]tribulation and [D]strife
Now I've got nothing against outsiders
[F]Pro[E]vided they're the
[D]right kind of [Fdim]people
[E]Kind of folk [D]who look and talk
and [F#dim]act like us[Ebdim]
[A]Peas in a pot and [E]birds of a feather
Not [A]loud, not trash,
[Bb]whether Tommy Rotten
Flap -doodle [A]-clap -trap
and fiddle -faddle an[Bb]d jiggery -pokery
Stir[A]rin' up the cream
while you're waitin' for it to settle
Like [D]vermin in the root cellar,
[A]flies in the buttermilk
And [D]they're influencin'
There, I said [Em]it
They're [D]influencin' your chil[E]dren
Like an [D]earwig crawlin'
from the ears to the brains
And [C]soon your [G]young 'uns
will be neglectin' chores
Milk goin' [Em]sour,
un[E]strained in the [Bb]springhouse
[D]Back talkin' dinner,
[B]no time for the good book
Rag[E]time [F#m]blaring [Gm]on t[E]he Victrola
[A]And that's just the beginning, folks
[D]Soon you won't even, no you won't,
no you won't even
Recognize your own town
I'm talking about neon signs,
smoke -filled [A]rooms
Billiard par[F#m]lors and p[E]ainted ladies
Wan[A]ton women having [Bb]chil
dren out of wedlock
[A]Rowdy men [Bb]using filthy language
The [A]devil himsel[G]f danc[F]ing
on your [Ebdim]front porch
[D]Stealing your babies from
their [A]cribs at mid[D]night
Cows and sheep have an
[E]amorous congress
Chil[D]dren with a mark of their
[E]beast on their foreheads
[D]All thanks to these two out -of -towners
[G]Dr. [D]Skinner and Miss Gim[G]bel
better hold on to your [E]husband
Be[Bdim]st keepin' on yo[Bm]ur wife
[B]There's [E]gonna be some [A]tribulation
and [D]strife
[A]Oh, we've got [D]strife
And [G]tribu[D]la [Bb]tion
[D]And not[G] to men[E]tion[G]
Miscegen[D]ation
Let's [Bm]pray the [D]Lord
[B]Will save us [E]soon
[Bb]Cause we've got strife and
[Bm]tribulation in Shwiga[D]doon
Strife, [F#]strife, [E]strife, [D]strife, [F#m]strife, [F]strife,
[E]strife, I can't [D]hear y 'all!
[F#]Strife, [F]strife, [E]strife![D]
[F]I l[E]ove t[D]his town.
Y [E]'all know,
my great [D]-great grand[F#]daddy
foun[F]ded Schmicka[E]doon
when he came upon this
[F#]beautiful [E]tract of land
and [D]said, "'They'll never [E]find us here.'"
[D]But it pains me! Oh![E] It pains me[D]
to see our town slipping [E]away,
right before [D]our very eyes.
[F#]I tried to alert[E] the mayor
but his mind was [D]elsewhere.
[F]In his[E] pants![D]
[F#]His poor[F] wife is s[E]o ashamed
[D]she locked herself inside her house[F].
and [E]this time on [D]purpose.
[F#]I'm sorr[D]y, Flore[E]nce.[D]
New [F]leader[E]ship.[D]
That's what Schmig[E]adoon need[D]s.
[F#]But [E]who? W[D]ho has the
[F#]moral where[E]withal,
the tradition[D]al how [F#]-to,
[F]the good, old[D] -fashioned, all[E] -American
je ne sais [F#]quoi
to [F]stand up [E]to these two [D]outsiders?
[F#]Mildred [F]Layton for mayor!
[E]I couldn't.
[F#]Mildred [E]Layton for mayor[D]!
Well, I [F#]wouldn't! Mil[F]dred Layton
for Mildred [D]Layton for [F#]mayor!
[E]We're run[D]ning! Okay,
I'll do [A]it. It's time to [D]vote! To vote!
And vote for Layton!
Vote for Layton!
She's the [G]only one
who'll save our [Bm]town from [D]safety!
Save us now!
Let's hope that she... that she...
[B]Will save us soo[G]n!
Save us soon!
[Eb]Cause we'v[A]e got stri[D]fe
and [Bb]tribula[Bm]tion!
[D]Strife and [Bm]tribulation!
[G]Grief and consternation!
Grief and consternation!
[D]Strike [Bm]and Tribula[E]tion
[A]In spite of all
[D]