Chords for "Money & Corruption / I Am Your Man"

Date: April 20, 1997  2:44 PM
From: IAN GRANT


Money & Corruption/I Am Your Man   Written by Ray Davies 


Am     G        C                           
We are sick and tired 
   G     Am       C        Am                  
Of being promised this and that. 
   Am       G       Am        G               
We work all day, we sweat and slave 
   E        G       Am                        
To keep the wealthy fat. 
     G        (Em)       Am                     
They fill our heads with promises 
       G      (Em)    Am                       
And bamboozle us with facts, 
          Am     G        C  G                
Then they put on false sincerity 
          E       G        Am                 
Then they laugh behind our backs. 

Am         G                                
Money and Corruption 
    G           Am                          
Are ruining the land 
Am          G                               
Crooked politicians 
  G                Am                       
Betray the working man,                <= Repeat x  2
G             Am                            
Pocketing the profits 
    G                Am                     
And treating us like sheep, 
          Am       G       E                 
And we're tired of hearing promises 
        E           G     Am                 
That we know they'll never keep. 

Instrumental Line, with a high vocal melody   Am G   G Am   Am

Spoken: Promises, promises, all we get are promises. 

C         G          Gm    F        Fm           C     Bb F C  Bb F  C
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us. 

Am      G       C                            
We are sick and tired 
   G         Am       C      Am                
Of having to ask them cap in hand 
   Am           G                           
We crawl on the floor 
   Am      G                                
We beg for more, 
    E        G     Am                         
but still we are ignored. 
      G              Am                     
We're tired of being herded 
       G                  Am                
Like a mindless flock of sheep 
          Am       G       E                 
And we're tired of hearing promises 
        E            G     Am                 
That we know they'll never keep. 

Am         G                                
Money and Corruption 
    G           Am                          
Are ruining the land 
Am          G                               
Crooked politicians 
  G                Am                       
Betray the working man,          
G             Am                            
Pocketing the profits 
    G                Am                     
And treating us like sheep, 
          Am       G       E                 
And we're tired of hearing promises 
   E            G     Am                 
we know they'll never keep. 
                                         
Instrumental line  Am  G   G  Am    Am  G  G  Am
      G              Am                
We've got to stand together 
      G            Am                       
Every woman, every man, 
        Am     G     E           Em  G        Am 
Because money and corruption are ruining the land. 
C         G    Gm           F       Fm       C      Bb F  C
Show us a man who'll be our Saviour and will lead us. 

(Instrumental Line  C  G  Gm   F  Fm  C  )

Bb             F       C
Workers of the nation unite. 
Bb             F       C
Workers of the nation unite. 

                                        
Mellow piano arpeggios  on C

C                        G                 
  I visualise a day when people will be free 
Gm                         F                
  And we'll be living in a new society. 
Fm                          C               
  No class distinction, no slums or poverty 
C                      G                   
  I have a vision of a new society. 
Gm                           F              
  And every home will have a stereo and TV, 
Fm                          C               
  a deep freeze, quadrasonic and a washing machine. 
   Bb             F        C                 
So workers of the nation unite. 

F         Am/E Amb5/Eb                                 
I am your man 
     Dm7  /C    Bb          /A  Gm  /F                       
I'll work out a five-year plan 
    Bb                                     
So vote for me brothers 
    F                C                     
And I will save this land 

(C)                           G              
  And we will nationalise the wealthy companies 
Gm                              F           
  And all the directors will be answerable to me, 
Fm                              C           
  There'll be no shirking of responsibilities 
   Bb            F       C                   
So people of the nation unite. 

F        /E /Eb  Dm7       /C  Bb      /A   Gm  /F              
Union Man I'll   work with you hand in hand 
Bb                     F            C   /Bb  /A  /G     
For we're all brothers to our Union Man. 
F         /E  /Eb                                
I am your man, 
   Dm7 /C    Bb            /A  Gm  /F                     
Oh God how I love this land, 
   Bb            F              C            
So join together save the Fatherland. 
                                         
C                        G                 
  I visualise a day when people will be free 
Gm                         F                
  And we'll be living in a new society. 
Fm                          C               
  No class distinction, no slums or poverty 
   Bb             F        C                 
So workers of the nation unite, 
Bb             F       C                 
Workers of the nation unite, 
Bb            F       C   (hold)                 
People of the nation unite.     


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