Tom Paxton – I Am Changing My Name To Chrysler (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C      G                C             G
Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight

        G            C           D
And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight

         D
What the dollar used to get us

          G
Now won't buy a head of lettuce

        A7                      D7
No, the economic forecast isn't bright

    G                 C              G
But amid the clouds I spot a shining ray

      C                             B7
I can even glimpse a new and better way

     C
I've devised a plan of action

          G                E7
Worked it down to the last fraction

        A7         D7          G
And I'm going into action here today
[Chorus]
D    G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

           C                     G
I am going down to Washington, D.C.

       D
I will tell some power broker

          G
What they did for Iacocca

        A                       D
Will be perfectly acceptable to me

     G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

     C                               B7
I am headed for that great receiving line

              C
And when they hand a million grand out

        G                E7
I'll be standing with my hand out

         A7   D7  G
Yes sir, I'll get mine
[Verse 2]
C       G             C                   G
When my creditors are screaming for their dough

        G                 C                      G
I'll be glad to tell them all where they can all go

           D
They won't have to scream and holler

           G
They'll be paid to the last dollar

          A7                               D7
Where the endless streams of money seem to flow

        G                 C             G
I'll be glad to tell them what they can do

       C                          B7
It's a matter of a simple form or two

         C                         G          E7
It's not just remuneration, it's a liberal education!

          A7                D7             G
Ain't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you?
[Chorus]
D    G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

           C                     G
I am going down to Washington, D.C.

       D
I will tell some power broker

          G
What they did for Iacocca

        A                       D
Will be perfectly acceptable to me

     G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

     C                               B7
I am headed for that great receiving line

              C
And when they hand a million grand out

        G                E7
I'll be standing with my hand out

         A7   D7  G
Yes sir, I'll get mine
[Verse 3]
C         G               C                  G
Since the first amphibian crawled out of the slime

           G                C           G
We've been struggling in an unrelenting climb

        D
We were hardly up and walking

       G
before money started talking

         A7                            D7
And it's said that failure is an awful crime

           G                   C        G
Well, it's been that way a millenium or two

    C                                              B7
But now it seems that there's a different point of view:

            C                          G          E7
If you're a corporate titanic and your failure is gigantic

        A7                 D7             G
Down in Congress there's a safety net for you
[Chorus]
D    G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

           C                     G
I am going down to Washington, D.C.

       D
I will tell some power broker

          G
What they did for Iacocca

        A                       D
Will be perfectly acceptable to me

     G           C       G
I am changing my name to Chrysler

     C                               B7
I am headed for that great receiving line

              C
And when they hand a million grand out

        G                E7
I'll be standing with my hand out

         A7   D7  G
Yes sir, I'll get mine
[Outro]
              C
And when they hand a million grand out

        G                E7
I'll be standing with my hand out

         A7   D7  G
Yes sir, I'll get mine