Hi CAUpdate readers,

Here's my latest song.

I wrote this when Donald Trump was in the hospital with Covid after ignoring all advice to wear a mask and avoid crowds, leading to him becoming becoming a superspreader.

It is dedicated to my nominee for the 2020 Darwin award for outstanding negligence in the throes of a pandemic.

It's called Schadenfreude — a German expression that seems to have no English equivalent.

Thanks,
Al

Schadenfreude
© Al Zagofsky 2020

Schadenfreude
(pronounced: shaa dunn froy dah) © Al Zagofsky 2020

[C] This song picks up on the [Am] theme, Schadenfreude, a [C] German expression that means [Am] pleasure derived from a- [C] nother's mis- [Am] fortune. [C] [Am]

[C] The rich get [Am] richer, well, [C] that can't go on for- [Am] ever.
[Dm] All things must [C] come to an end some- [G] time [G7]
[C] Ill-gotten [Am] leisure [C] begs for guilty [Dm] pleasure
When [G] tragedy fills the [Dm] void-a, Schaden- [C] freude.

[D] When you're an- [G] noyed-a— [A] Schaden- [D] freude
[D] Unem- [G] ployed-a — [A] Schaden- [D] freude
When you're going [F#] mad, nearly para- [G] noid-a
Just [A] think of evil [G] thoughts —Schaden- [D] freude.

[C] Their guard never [Am] relaxes when they [C] cheat on their [Am] taxes
[Dm] Can an audit really [C] go on for for- [G] ever? [G7]
[C] You deceive and [Am] boast who [C] did you hood-winked [Dm] most
When [G] tragedy fills the [Dm] void-a, Schaden- [C] freude.

[D] When you're an- [G] noyed-a— [A] Schaden- [D] freude
[D] Unem- [G] ployed-a — [A] Schaden- [D] freude
When you're going [F#] mad, nearly para- [G] noid-a
Just [A] think of evil [G] thoughts —Schaden- [D] freude.

[C] You take away our [Am] health care and [C] deny the virus [Am] out there
[Dm] It is what it is so [C] carry me [G] home. [G7]
[C] Frustrated why you [Am] mislead, could it [C] be your [Dm] concede?
When [G] tragedy fills the [Dm] void-a, Schaden- [C] freude.

[D] When you're an- [G] noyed-a— [A] Schaden- [D] freude
[D] Unem- [G] ployed-a — [A] Schaden- [D] freude
When you're going [F#] mad, nearly para- [G] noid-a
Just [A] think of evil [G] thoughts —Schaden- [D] freude.

[C] When others want a [Am] word, you [C] treat them as [Am] absurd
[Dm] You interrupt with [C] rants and [G] lies [G7]
[C] Belching out what you [Am] despise, with [C] threats to [Dm] federalize
When [G] tragedy fills the [Dm] void-a, Schaden- [C] freude.

[D] When you're an- [G] noyed-a— [A] Schaden- [D] freude
[D] Unem- [G] ployed-a — [A] Schaden- [D] freude
When you're going [F#] mad, nearly para- [G] noid-a
Just [A] think of evil [G] thoughts —Schaden- [D] freude.