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[Verse]
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  There's a bastard called the economy and it keeps poor people poor 
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 While the fat cats with the money go on making more and more 
           C               G          C               G  
 They've wrapped him in bandages to hide his gaping sores
 Em          Am                 C             G   
 So we can't see that he's just rotten to the core 
              C               D                        Em        C
 Oh they've pumped him with medicine perscribed by good old Dr Keynes 
      G              D             Am         C             
 No matter what they do we all get ripped off just the same 

[Solo]
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[Verse]
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 The liberals slugged us twenty-three years until we'd had enough 
            Em                Am          C              D
 Everyone got sick of them so brought in uncle Gough 
           C               G          C               G  
 Then he got sacked now Malcolm's back, The neighbour of Nareen 
 Em          Am                 C             G   
 Got the biggest election that Tammy's ever seen 
              C               D                        Em        C
 Oh it doesn't matter who's in power cause it's a crooked game 
      G              D             Am         C             
 It's a sure bet we will all get ripped off just the same 

[Verse]
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 The economy's a mad machine which no one can control 
            Em                Am          C              D
 Fat cats fight for the driver's seat but the steering wheel's been sold 
           C               G          C               G  
 To the yanks and other foreigners who'll give it a dizzy spin 
 Em          Am                 C             G   
 Any time they feel their ripped off pockets getting thin 
              C               D                        Em        C
 Oh a little touch of makeup it's such a goddamn shame 
      G              D             Am         C             
 It's a sure bet we will all get ripped off just the same 

N.C
 Oh there's no two ways about it if we all don't force a change 
 G                D           Am         C            G
 It goes on and on and we get ripped off just the same