The Pound Is Sinking

Fm                  C F
   The pound is sinking,
Fm                C F
the peso's failing
Fm                     Bb
The lira's reeling and feeling quite
 appalling

Ab
The mark is holding,
F
the franc is fading
Bb                        
The drachma's very weak but 
  Eb
everyone's still trading
Ab           F#                  
The market's bottom has fallen 
     Ab
right out
             F#                  
And only the strong are survivors
Ab F# F


        C        Fm
Well, I fear my dear that it's 
eminently clear
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         Db                        
That you can't see the trees for 
 Fm
the forest
     Cm             Bbm           
Your father was an extraordinary 
    Eb
man but you don't seem
                 Db          
To have inherited many of his 
  Fm          Db Fm
mannerisms
    Db          Fm
Oh, any of his mannerisms

Ab
The dollar's moving,
F
the ruble's rising
Bb                          Eb
The yen is keeping up which hardly 
seems surprising
Ab           F#                  
The market's bottom has fallen 
    Ab
right out
             F#                   Ab
And only the strong are survivors

Fm      C        Eb        
Hear me lover, I can't be held 
               Ab
responsible now
    Bbm             Ab
For something that didn't happen
  Eb                     Ab  
I knew you for a minute, oh it 
        Fm
didn't happen
Db         Cm           Fm      
Only for a minute, your heart 
           Cm              Db
just wasn't in it anymore

Fm              C F
The pound is sinking,
Fm              C F
the peso's failing
Fm                     Bb        
The lira's reeling and feeling 
               Fm
quite appalling