The Moneys No Good
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D G Am F G C G Fmaj7 G [Verse]D Am You get out of bed about half-past sevenC G Your days are hell so sleeping'sD heavenD Am Unfold the paper over yesterday's teaC G Good morning Mr Howard, how do youD feel? Another batch of figures saysAm everything's fineC But that's not what they are sayingG on the dole-form line [Verse]D Am Pocketful of silver like a pocket full of rocksC G You stagger down the road to theD telephone boxD Am "That job's gone" says the person when you ringC G "You're the thirteenth today" as heD drops the thingAm Postman at the gate just to make you feel betterContinues after the adC G Another half a dozen no-jobFmaj7 G letters [Chorus]Fmaj7 C G The debts pile up and yourAm Em confidence goesC G D And everyone in the family knowsC G Am They sympathize because they feelEm they shouldC Seven days a week and the money'sB no good [Instrumental]A B A G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 D G Am F G C [Verse]D Am So you wander around the house for hours at a timeC G You're looking for a riff and you'reD looking for a rhymeD Am Another cup of coffee, no sugar or creamC G While the sun goes down on yourD Australian dreamAm The lady next door's screaming at her kidsC Because the dole didn't come butG Fmaj7 G the landlord did [Verse]D Am You spend a half a day a week at the C.E.SC G You get a flint-eyed stare fromD behind the deskD Am I haven't got a job and you think it's a sinC G Don't you read the papers mate,D where have you been?Am "They've shut down the shop and they've stopped our pay"C Isn't it time we became annoyed,G Fmaj7 G there are two generations unemployed [Chorus]Fmaj7 C G The debts pile up and yourAm Em confidence goesC G D And everyone in the family knowsC G Am They sympathize because they feelEm they shouldC Seven days a week and the money'sB no good