Inflation Blues

Lời & hợp âm

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Hey, Mr. President
All your [C]congressmen too
You got [E]me frustrated
[D]And I don[G]'t know what to [C]do

[Verse 2]
I'm trying to make a living
I can't save a cent
It takes [G]all of my [Bb]money
Just to eat [Bm]and pay my [E]rent

[Verse 3]
I got the [A]blues
[D]Got tho[E]se inf[C]lation blues
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[Verse 4]
[D]You know, I'm[G] not one
of those high brows
[C]I'm average[Bb] Joe to you[C]
[G]I came u[A]p eating cornbread
[D]Candied yam[G]s and c[C]hicken stew

[Verse 5]
[C]Now you take that paper dollar
[Gm]It?s only that[C] in na[Edim]me
[C]The way tha[G]t buck has shrunk
[D]It?s a l[C]owdown dirty sha[Bb]me[E]

[Verse 6]
[A]that's why I got the[D] blues
Got [C]those inflation [G]blues[C]
'Cause I [G]have[D]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
[G]Mr. President,
please cut [C]the price of sugar
[G]I wanna mak[D]e my coffee swe[G]et
I wanna [E]smear some [C]butter on my [G]bread
[A]And I just [C]got to have my meat

[Verse 8]
[C]
When you start rationing
You really played [Gm]the game[C]
[G]And things [C]are going up
[G]and up and up and up
[E]And my check remains the[A] same

[Verse 9]
that's why I got [A]the blues[D]
Got [E]those [C]inflation [G]blues

[Outro 1]
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