lick:
e|-3---2---0------|
B|-3-----------3--|
G|-2--------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
At the very end, it becomes:
e|-3---2---0---2------|
B|-----------------3--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Intro:GDGGCDGGDG
I do not have the power to cause a flood
(walkdown)
CDGEm
I'm not like Storm from X-men who so ea-sily could
(walkdown)
CDGEm
Manipulate the weather, causing havoc where she stood
(strum once) (strum once, and pause)
CDGGGD
But if I had the power to cause a flood, I would
^
(pause for a bar here)
CCadd9G
Oh I'd send a flood to Russia right to Putin's door,
DEm
The waves of my destruction spanning miles,
CCadd9G
To wash away the prejudice and then ne-ver more would he make
(strum once) (lick)
D
Statements that equate us all to pe-do-philes
CDGEm
But instead give all Pussy Riot a dame-hood
(play 3 bars of G before walking down to C at next verse)
CDG
If I only had the power to cause a flood
CCadd9G
Oh I'd send one to Uganda where Museveni says
DEm
Gay and bi and trans-abnormals need a cure
CCadd9G
And until he finds one he's content to throw them all in jail
(strum once) (lick)
D
A life sentence of repentance but you can be sure that
CDGEm
Museveni definitely would
(play 3 bars of G before walking down to C at next verse)
CDG
Know it if I had the power to cause a flood
CDGCDEmC
And for Je-rem-y Clarkson, it's all just a bit of fun
(strum once) (strum once)
CG
For our highly paid celebrities, to use language of bigotry,
(strum once) (walk up)
DEm
And then make no apology, because no one sees a link between
CG
The things he thinks it's fine to tweet, and people yelled at in the street
(walk up)
DEm
And kids abused in every school, and the time my windows were bricked through
CCadd9GD
And Putin and Museveni, for UKIP and for Jeremy, and banter from the Top Gear lads,
(walk up) (strum once) (strum once)
EmCG
Yeah it's PC gone fucking mad and that's all just fine a-nd good
(strum once) (final lick) (strum once, let ring)
DG
But if I had the power to cause a flood - you can bet I would