ARTIST: Stereolab
TITLE: Ping Pong
ALBUM: Mars Audiac Quintet
These chords are repeated throughout most of the song: e-----4----6----9----6----- b-----5----7----9----7----- g-----4----6----7----6----- d-------------------------- a-------------------------- e-------------------------- Lyrics: it's alright 'cos the historical pattern has shown how the economical cycle tends to revolve in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery you see the recovery always comes 'round again there's nothing to worry for things will look after themselves it's alright recovery always comes 'round again there's nothing to worry if things can only get better there's only millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents there's only millions that die in their bloody wars, it's alright it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing it's alright 'cos the historical pattern has shown how the economical cycle tends to revolve in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery don't worry be happy things will get better naturally don't worry shut up sit down go with it and be happy dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah