G C G C
G
I can't stop digging, I'm down in a hole
C
I spent me dole on polish coal
G
I tired of eatin' toast and beans,
C
And that man at the door he's here to test me means.
G C G C
I hate politicians
[Verse 1]
G
I hate politicians and I can't think straight
C
I hate politicians and the state of the state
G C
They're putting all the poor out, they're putting on the weight
C
They better not come around to my front gate.
D
I got a big Alsatian
C
He's always waiting
D
He doesn't hang about, he doesn't hesitate
C
Get him Satan, get him boy
D
Go get him Satan, there's a good boy
G C
I hate politicians.
G C
I hate politicians.
[Verse 2]
C A
They're going to do this, they're going to do that,
C
They got the greedy little fingers in the pension pot.
A
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
D C
Don't come canvasing to my front door
Bejaysus they'll talk alright.
D
They'll talk all day and they'll talk all night
C G C G C
A bla bla, bla bla bla bla bla.
[Verse 3]
N.C
We'll be looking at ways we can better facilitate
The formulation of a coherent strategy
Designed to lead us into the future
With confidence in our proven ability to communicate
On a meaningful level in an open and fair transparent society
With front line facilities, roads and utilities,
D
Opening up new lines of enquiry about the possibility of em,
G C G
Phasing out the elderly.
[Bridge]
C
Oh yep.
G
I hate politicians and I don't mind saying.
C G
They got the gall and the ball and the chain and the army
C
And the navy and the gravy and the train and they try to sell us water
C D
And it's pissing down with rain.
[Verse 4]
C
I'm sorry now the ministers on holidays in Florida.
A
He left my granny on a trolley in the corridor.
C
She's out there now bejaysus she's filling out forms
D
Do you share a bath with your spouse or your partner?
D
What sort of a question is that for me granny?
G C G C
I hate politicians.
[Verse 5]
(Muted chords)
G
We'll be doing our best to address the mess
C
Left for us by our predecessors.
G C
Vote for him, vote for me.
G C
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-De
(louder)
[Outro]
G
I can't stop digging I'm down in a hole.
C
I spent me dole on polish coal.
G
I tired of eatin' toast and beans,
C
That man at the door he's here to test em means.
D G G
Don't talk to me about politicians!
