The Kinks - Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man: chords

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

Chorus:
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                E
And we're tired of hearing promises
          E                 Am
That we know they'll never keep. - x2

C        G        Gm                 F    Fm C A# F
Promises, promises, all we get are promises.
  C        G     Gm         F        Fm
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and
 C     A# F C A# F  C
lead us.

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

Chorus:
Money and Corruption
Are ruining the land
Crooked politicians
Betray the working man
Pocketing the profits
And treating us like sheep
And we're tired of hearing promises
We know they'll never keep

We've got to stand together
Every woman, every man
Because money and corruption are ruining the land
Show us a man who'll be our Saviour
and who will lead us
Show us a man who'll understand us,
guide us and lead us
Show us a man

A#              F       C
Workers of the nation unite.
A#              F       C
Workers of the nation unite.

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.
    A#             F        C
So workers of the nation unite.

Chorus:
F            Am Am7
I am your man
                A#            Gm7
I'll work out a five-year plan
    A#
So vote for me brothers
    F                 C
And I will save this land

And we will nationalise the wealthy companies
And all the directors will be answerable to me
There'll be no shirking of responsibilities
So people of the nation unite

Chorus:
Union Man I'll work with you hand in hand
For we're all brothers to our Union Man
I am your man
Oh God how I love this land
So join together save the Fatherland

I visualize a day when people will be free
And we'll be living in a new society
No class distinction, no slums or poverty
So workers of the nation unite
Workers of the nation unite
People of the nation unite