G C G C G D G [Verse]G C G C There's a bastard called the economy and it keeps poor people poorEm Am C D While the fat cats with the money go on making more and moreC G C G They've wrapped him in bandages to hide his gaping soresEm Am C G So we can't see that he's just rotten to the coreC D Em C Oh they've pumped him with medicine perscribed by good old Dr KeynesG D Am C No matter what they do we all get ripped off just the same [Solo]G C G C Em Am C D C G C G Em Am C[Verse]G C G C The liberals slugged us twenty-three years until we'd had enoughEm Am C D Everyone got sick of them so brought in uncle GoughC G C G Then he got sacked now Malcolm's back, The neighbour of NareenEm Am C G Got the biggest election that Tammy's ever seenC D Em C Oh it doesn't matter who's in power cause it's a crooked gameG D Am C It's a sure bet we will all get ripped off just the same [Verse]G C G C The economy's a mad machine which no one can controlEm Am C D Fat cats fight for the driver's seat but the steering wheel's been soldC G C G To the yanks and other foreigners who'll give it a dizzy spinEm Am C G Any time they feel their ripped off pockets getting thinC D Em C Oh a little touch of makeup it's such a goddamn shameG 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 changeG D Am C G It goes on and on and we get ripped off just the same
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