[F7]I make my living off the evening news

[D#7]Just give me something, something I can use

[A#7]People love it when you lose

[F7]They love dirty laundry

[F7]Well I could have been an actor but I wound up here

[D#7]I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear

[A#7]Come and whisper in my ear

[F7]Give us dirty laundry

[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X)

[G#]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em all around

[F7]We got the bubble-headed bleach blonde comes on at five

[D#7]She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye

[A#7]It's int'resting when people die

[F7]Give us dirty laundry

[F7]Can we film the operation, is the head dead yet

[D#7]Y'know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet

[A#7]Get the widow on the set

[F7]We need dirty laundry

[F7]You don't really need to find out what's going on

[D#7]You don't really want to know just how far it's gone

[A#7]Just leave well enough alone

[F7]Eat your dirty laundry

[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X)

[G#]Kick 'em where they sit, [A#]kick 'em all around

[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X)

[G#]Kick 'em where they sit, [A#]kick 'em all around

[G7]Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies

[F7]We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pies

[C7]We love to cut you down to size

[G7]We love dirty laundry

[G7]We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing

[F7]When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing

[C7]We all know that crap is king

[G7]Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down

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