Hooverville And They Promised Us The World

The Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World) (Henry Priestman &  M. Henry Herman)
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[Intro]

       Am
Ooohh

[Verse]

                            G           F              Dm         G
The doubt of work sends the out of work man, To city a hope and a home
Am                           G          F              Dm            G
  When one door shuts here a-nother two slam, Yes he's homeless he's hopeless alone
Am                G          F                Dm          G
  Row upon row of castles in Spain, make up a fool's para-dise
Am                               G           F                 Dm            G
  The still born brainchild of a man with no brain, The ballot box baby that died

[Chorus]

          C      F                  G      Dm   F
(Oh Hooverville), and they promised us the world
          C      F                  G      Dm   F                 Am
(In Hooverville), yes they promised us the world (Crying for the moon)

[Verse]

Am                         G          F                        Dm               G
  Now dirty faced children sit in the road, in the shanty town shacks they call home
Am                       G                   F                 Dm           G
  The comfort of knowing they won't be there long, Is the only comfort they know.
Am                                G           F                     Dm            G
  A young scream a young dream is lost in the night, Along with the young will to live,
Am                            G           F                    Dm        G
  Along with the masses, that gave up the fight, A fight for a reason to live,

[Chorus]

          C      F                  G      Dm   F
(Oh Hooverville), and they promised us the world
          C      F                 G               Dm         F
(In Hooverville), said the streets were paved with silver and gold
          C      F                  G    Dm             F
(Oh Hooverville), and they promised us a roof above our heads
          C      F                  G              Dm             F                    Am
(In Hooverville), And like fools we believed every last word they said (Crying for the moon)

[Bridge]

Am     F   G  Dm  Am                            F    G                        Dm
                    and they promised us the wo-rld,   and they promised us a roof above our 
heads
Am                            F   C                                 G
  and they promised us the wo-rld  and like fools we believed every last word they said

                                     [Instrumental]

                                       C   F  G   F  G   C   F  G   F  G
(I believed every last word you say...)

[Chorus]

          C      F                  G      Dm   F
(Oh Hooverville), and they promised us the world
          C      F                 G               Dm         F
(In Hooverville), said the streets were paved with silver and gold
          C      F                  G    Dm             F
(Oh Hooverville), and they promised us a roof above our heads
          C      F                  G              Dm             F                    Am
(In Hooverville), And like fools we believed every last word they said (Crying for the moon)


[Outro]

      C          F                             Am            Dm      F                 G
Their hope is so high, when they arrive, Their hope is their only po-ssession in life (Crying 
for the moon)
C           F                        Am      Dm          F      C F Am              Dm 
Another man dies, another man cries, Mr Poli-tician open up you e-y-es open up your eyes (Crying
   Am
 for the moon)
Am     F      G          Dm                        Am              F           C G     
Oh oh  oooooh ooooh  You took the whole of my life    mmm hmmm mmm   all of it     I'm 
           C F G F C
not living       (Fade)