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G Civil rights leaders are a pain in the neck, C Can't hold a candle to Chiang Kai-shek. G D D7 How do I know? I read it in the Daily News. G Ban the bombers are afraid of a fight, C Peace hurts business and that ain't right. G D D7 G G7 How do I know? I read it in the Daily News. C7 Daily News, daily blues, G G7 Pick up a copy any time you choose. C Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand, D G And you ride right along to never-never land.
We got to bomb Castro, got to bomb him flat.
He's too damn successful and we can't risk that.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
There's millions of commies in the freedom fight,
Yellin' for Lenin and civil rights.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Daily News, daily blues,
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,
And you ride right along to never-never land.
Seems like the whole damn world's gone wrong.
St. Joe McCarthy is dead and gone.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Don't try to make me change my mind with facts.
To hell with the graduated income tax.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Daily News, daily blues,
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,
And you ride right along to never-never land.
Don't you know Pete Seeger is a danger to you?
He keeps singin' 'bout peace like the radicals do!
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Now Ronald Reagan's banner has been unfurled,
"Today, California, tomorrow, the world!"
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Daily News, daily blues,
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,
And you ride right along to never-never land.
John Paul Getty is just plain folks.
The UN charter is a cruel hoax.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
J. Edgar Hoover is the man of the hour,
All he needs is just a little more power.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Daily News, daily blues,
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand,
And you ride right along to never-never land.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1964)
Notes: Chords according to the recording from Ramblin' Boy album. The chords as written on various songbooks always have a few more redundant C chords, which just don't sound right.
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