Artikel ini berisi lirik lagu dan chord gitar dengan nada dasar G. Berikut adalah susunan lengkap dari intro, bait, hingga bagian refrein lagu tersebut:
Intro
G (dimainkan selama 8 ketukan / 8 measures)
Verse 1
C G
Tell me what’s gone wrong.
C
I tilt my head there, under the faucet,
Bm Am G
When I turn it on — dry as paper.
G
Call the neighbors.
C G
Who’s to blame for what’s going on?
C Bm Am
In the dark without a clue I’m just the same as you.
Chorus
G Bm Em D Em7
O, they tell us there’s poison in the well,
G Bm Em D Em7 C
That someone’s been a bit untidy and there’s been a small spill.
G
Not a lot, no, just a drop.
Verse 2
G
But there you are mistaken, you know you are.
C G
I wonder just how long
C Bm Am
They knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.
Chorus
G Bm Em D Em7
O, they tell us there’s poison in the well,
G Bm Em D Em7 C
That someone’s been a bit untidy and there’s been a small spill.
Bm Em D Em7
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
G Bm Em D C
That someone’s been a bit untidy, they’ll have it cleaned up in a week.
Verse 3
G
But the week is over
C G C G
Now it’s grown into years since I was told that
C D G
I should be calm, there’s nothing to fear here.
G
But I drank that water for years, my wife and my children.
C G C
Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought
Bm Am
And lost in you backyard?
Chorus
G Bm Em D Em7
O, they tell us there’s poison in the well,
G Bm Em D Em7 C
That someone’s been a bit untidy and there’s been a small spill.
Bm Em D Em7
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
G Bm Em D C
That someone’s been a bit untidy, they’ll have it cleaned up in a week.
