George Harrison – Brainwashed Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
| Am C G   | F Dm |
| Am C G   | F C |
| Am C G   | F Dm |
| Am C G   | F | G5 G7 | G6 G5 |
                   (= break)
[Verse 1]
C
Brainwashed in your childhood
Fm
Brainwashed by the school
Bb
Brainwashed by our teachers
         F
And brainwashed by
all their rules

[Verse 2]
C
Brainwashed by our leaders
Fm
By our kings and queens
Bb
Brainwashed in the open
         F
And brainwashed
           Dm
behind the scenes

[Chorus]
Am   C   G
God, God God,
                F            Dm
a voice cries in the wilderness
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
       F              C
it was on the longest night
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
    F              Dm
an eternity of darkness
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
        F
someone turned out
              | G5 G7
the spiritual light
    | G6 G5 |
  (= break, short)

[Verse 3]
C
Brainwashed by the Nikkei
Fm
Brainwashed by Dow Jones
Bb
Brainwashed by the FTSE
  F
Nasdaq and secure loans

[Verse 4]
C
Brainwashed us from Brussels
     Fm
Brainwashing us in Bonn
     Bb
Brainwashing us in Washington
    F             Dm
Westminster in London

[Chorus]
Am   C   G
God, God, God,
            F              Dm
You are the wisdom that we seek
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
    F             C
the lover that we miss
Am   C   G
God, God, God,
            F        Dm
Your nature is eternity
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
       F                     | G5 G7
You are existence, knowledge, bliss
| G6 G5 | Gsus4 G | Gsus2 G |
  (= break, long)

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[Interlude: How To Love God]
| F | C | Am | G |
| F | C | Am | G |

F                   C
  The soul does not love -
  It is love itself
Am               G
   It does not exist -
                     F
   It is existence itself
C
  It does not know -
        Am               G
  It is knowledge itself
                 C
(How to Know God, page 130)
     |  C  |
     (break)

[Verse 5]
     C
They brainwashed my great uncle
     Fm
Brainwashed my cousin Bob
     Bb
They even got my grandma
             F
When she was working for the mob

[Verse 6]
     C
Brainwash you while
you're sleeping
      Fm
While in your traffic jam
     Bb
Brainwash you while
you're weeping
              F            Dm
While still a baby in your pram

[Verse 7]
C
Brainwashed by the military
     Fm
Brainwashed under duress
Bb
Brainwashed by the media
       F
You're brainwashed by the press

[Verse 8]
C
Brainwashed by computers
     Fm
Brainwashed by mobile phones
Bb
Brainwashed by the satellites
F                  Dm
Brainwashed to the bone

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[Chorus]
Am   C   G               F
God, God, God, won't you lead
                Dm
us through this mess
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
         F            C
from the places of concrete
Am   C   G
God, God, God,
          F              Dm
nothing's worse than ignorance
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
       F             | G5 G7 |
I just won't accept defeat
   G6 G5 |
(= break, short)

[Chorus]
Am   C   G
God, God, God,
        F              Dm
must be something I forgot
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
        F           C
down on Bullshit Avenue
Am   C   G
God, God, God,
          F             Dm
if we can only stop the rot
Am   C    G
God, God, God,
          F                 | G5 G7
Wish that you'd brainwash us too
 | G6 G5 | Gsus4 G | Gsus2 G |
(= break, long)

[Outro] freely
G5
    Namah parvarti,
    pataye hare hare, maha de
G5
    Namah parvarti,
    pataye-e hare hare
G5
    Namah parvarti,
    pataye-e hare hare
G5
    Shiva, shiva,
    shankar maha de va
G5
    Hare, hare, hare,
    hare, maha de va
G5
    Shiva, shiva,
    shankar maha de va
G5
    Shiva, shiva,
    shankar maha de va
G5
    Namah parvarti,
    pataye-e hare hare
G5
    Namah parvarti,
    pataye-e hare hare
G5
    Shiva, shiva,
    shankar maha de va
G5
    Shiva, shiva,
    shankar maha de va
G5