D
You can't even look at the TV these days,
                                 A
Without getting scared half to death.
      A
The eyewitness news leaves you used and abused,
                                D
And I find myself gasping for breath.
          D
There's strikes and inflation,
     D
And strife between nations,
                             G
The world's in a hell of a mess.
     G
No matter who's hurting,
         D
There's one thing for certain,
     A                          D
The whole world will blame the US.


[Chorus]
A
Oooooohhh
 D
Why don't we all just get stoned,
      G                            D
Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.
           G
Between Brezhnev and Begin,
   D
Khomeini and Reagan,
    A                            G       D
We might as well all just get stoned.


[Verse 2]
      D
The Russians don't like us, and we don't like them.
                        A
The Israelis hate the Arabs.
  A
Iran and Iraq are on each other's back,
                                 D
And El Salvador's still up for grabs.
   D
I wish they'd take Idi Amin and Khomeini
                            G
And Khadafi and all of the rest,
        G
Tie 'em all up to a chair,
              D
And make 'em stare at Yasser Arafat,
          A                         D
‘Til he uglies the whole bunch to death.


[Chorus]
A
Oooooohhh
 D
Why don't we all just get stoned,
      G                            D
Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.
           G
Between Brezhnev and Begin,
   D
Khomeini and Reagan,
    A                            G       D
We might as well all just get stoned.

E
What about cleaning up our own backyard?


[Verse 3]
         E
There's mass unemployment, and crime in the streets,
                          B
Inflation gets worse everyday,
         B
If the commies don't take us, Reagonomics wll break us
                             E
We ain't got a chance either way
       E
But Americans are rumored to have a good sense of humor
                                    A
We can laugh when we're put to the test
           A                            E
And if we all stick together, ain't a storm we can't weather
       Bb                         E
We'll ride this one out like the rest


[Chorus]
B
Oooooohhhhhh
 E
Why don't we all just get stoned,
     A                             E
Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.
          A
Between Brezhnev and Begin,
   E
Khomeini and Reagan,
    B                           E
We might as well all just get stoned.

A                E
Ohhh ohhh ohhh stoned