The Kinks – Money And Corruption - I Am Your Man (Guitar)

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(MONEY & CORRUPTION) [Verse 1]
Am     G        C
We are sick and tired

   G     Am       C        Am
Of being promised this and that.

   Am       G       Am        G
We work all day, we sweat and slave

   E        G       Am
To keep the wealthy fat.

     G        Em         Am
They fill our heads with promises

       G      Em      Am
And bamboozle us with facts,

          Am     G        C   G
Then they put on false sincerity

          E       G        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       G       E
And we're tired of hearing promises

        E            G     Am
That we know they'll never keep.
[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       G       E
And we're tired of hearing promises

        E            G     Am
That we know they'll never keep.
[Bridge] (Spoken and high vocal)
C           G           Gm                F        Fm           C        Bb F
  Promises,   promises,    all we get are promises.

C         G   Gm          F         Fm           C        Bb F C  Bb F  C
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us.
[Verse 2]
Am      G       C
We are sick and tired

   G         Am       C      Am
Of having to ask them cap in hand

   Am           G
We crawl on the floor

   Am      G
We beg for more,

    E        G     Am
but still we are ignored.

      G              Am
We're tired of being herded

       G                  Am
Like a mindless flock of sheep

          Am       G       E
And we're tired of hearing promises

                     G     Am
That we know they'll never keep.
[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       G       E
And we're tired of hearing promises

   E            G     Am
we know they'll never keep.
[Instrumental] Am G G Am Am G G Am
      G              Am
We've got to stand together

      G            Am
Every woman, every man,

        Am    G     E            Em G        Am
Because money and corruption are ruining the land.

C         G   Gm            F       Fm           C       Bb F  C
Show us a man who'll be our Saviour and who will lead us.
(Instrumental / High Vocal) C G Gm F Fm C
Bb             F       C
Workers of the nation unite.

Bb             F       C
Workers of the nation unite.
(I AM YOUR MAN) [Verse 1]
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.

   Bb             F        C
So workers of the nation unite.
[Chorus 1]
F            Am Am7
I am your man

                Bb             Gm7
I'll work out a five-year plan

    Bb
So vote for me brothers

    F                C
And I will save this land
[Verse 2]
C                             G
  And we will nationalise the wealthy companies

Gm                              F
  And all the directors will be answerable to me,

Fm                              C
  There'll be no shirking of responsibilities

   Bb            F       C
So people of the nation unite.
[Chorus 2]
F         Am  Am7
Union Man

                     Bb             Gm7
I'll   work with you hand in hand

    Bb                 F            C     C7
For we're all brothers to our Union Man.

F           Am  Am7
I am your man,

             Bb             Gm7
Oh God how I love this land,

   Bb            F              C
So join together save the Fatherland.
[Verse 3]
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

   Bb             F        C
So workers of the nation unite,

Bb             F        C
Workers of the nation unite,

Bb            F       C   (hold)
People of the nation unite.