One In Ten Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Chorus 1]
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]A number on a list
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]Even though I don't exist
[Dm]Nobody knows[Am] me
But I'm always [Dm]there
A statistic, a reminder

[Interlude 2]
Of a world that doesn't care
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Verse 1]
My [Dm]arms enfold the dole queue
Malnut[Am]rition dulls my hair
My [Dm]eyes are black and lifeless
With an [Am]underprivileged stare
I'm [Dm]the beggar on the corner
Will [Am]no-one spare a dime?
I'm [Dm]the child that never learns to read

[Chorus 2]
'Cause no-one spared the
[Dm](time) I am the one in ten
[Am]A number on a list
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]Even though I don't exist
[Dm]Nobody knows[Am] me
But I'm always [Dm]there
A statistic, a reminder

[Interlude 3]
Of a world that doesn't care
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Verse 2]
I'm the [Dm]murderer and the victim
The [Am]licence with the gun
I'm a [Dm]sad and bruised old lady
In an [Am]ally in a slum
I'm [Dm]a middle aged businessman
With [Am]chronic heart disease
I'm a[Dm]nother teenaged suicide

[Chorus 3]
In a street that has no
[Dm](trees) I am the one in ten
[Am]A number on a list
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]Even though I don't exist
[Dm]Nobody knows[Am] me
But I'm always [Dm]there
A statistic, a reminder

[Interlude 4]
Of a world that doesn't care
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Verse 3]
I'm a [Dm]starving third world mother
A refu[Am]gee without a home
I'm a [Dm]house wife hooked on Valium
I'm a [Am]Pensioner alone
I'm a [Dm]cancer ridden spectre
[Am]Covering the earth
I'm a[Dm]nother hungry baby

[Chorus 4]
I'm an accident of
[Dm](birth) I am the one in ten
[Am]A number on a list
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]Even though I don't exist
[Dm]Nobody knows[Am] me
But I'm always [Dm]there
A statistic, a reminder

[Interlude 5]
Of a world that doesn't care
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]

[Chorus 5]
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]A number on a list
[Dm]I am the one in ten
[Am]Even though I don't exist
[Dm]Nobody knows[Am] me
But I'm always [Dm]there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care

[Solo 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dm]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm]
[Fade out]