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| A | 577655 | C#m | 446654 | |
| B2 | 799877 |
| E | E2 | |
| When | one voice rules the na | tion |
| E | E2 | |
| Just becau | se they're top of the p | ile |
| E | E2 | B | E | E2 | |
| Doesn't mean their visi | on is | the cl | ear | est |
| (repeat pattern) |
| The voices of the people |
| Are falling on deaf ears |
| Our politicians all become careerists |
| A | |
| They must declare their interests |
| E | |
| But not their company cars |
| E | C#m | |
| Is there | more to a seat in the Par | liament |
| F#m | B2 | |
| Than | sitting on your a | rse |
| (pattern 1) |
| And the best of all this bad bunch |
| Are shouting to be heard |
| Above the sound of ideologies clashing |
| (pattern 1) |
| Outside the patient millions |
| Who put them into power |
| Expect a little more back for their taxes |
| (pattern 1) |
| Like schools books,beds in hospitals |
| And peace in our bloody time |
| All they get is old men grinding axes |
| (pattern 2) |
| Who've built their private fortunes |
| On the things they can rely |
| The courts,the secret handshake |
| The Stock Exchange and the old school tie |
| (pattern 1) |
| For God and Queen and Country |
| All things they justify |
| Above the sound of ideologies clashing |
| (pattern 1) |
| God bless the Civil Service |
| The nations saving grace |
| While we expect democracy |
| They're laughing in our face |
| And although our cries get louder |
| Their laughter gets louder still |
| Above the sound of ideologies clashing |
| finish on C#m |
| more to come - eventually. |
| ** |
| Gil McErlane Management Information Services - Physical Resources Team |
| University of Glasgow |
| E-mail: gilbert@salyut.mis.gla.ac.uk |
| "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate" |
| - Steven Wright |