When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]When the idle poor
become the idle rich,
You'll never know just who is who
or [D]who is [G]which.
Won't it be rich
when everyone's poor [D]relative
Be[F]comes a Rockefeller -t[D]ive
and [G]times no [D]longer itch?
What a [C]switch!
When we [Em]all have ermine
[D]an [A]d plastic tee[D]th,
[Em]How will w[G]e determine [Em]who's
[A]who under[D]neath?
And when all your neighbors
[G]are upper [C]class,
You [F]won't know your [D]Georges
from your [E]As [Em]tor s[G].
[C]Let's toast the day,
The day we drink that drinky up
But [D]with the little [C]pinky up
The [G]day on which
The [C]idle [Dbdim]poor beco[Dm]me the
[C]idle [G]ric[C]h[D][Am][A]
[D][Am]
[A]When a [D]rich man doesn't want to work
He's a bon vivant, yes, he's a bon vivant
But when a [G]poor man [F#]doesn't want to [F]work
[E]He'[A]s a loa[D]fer, he's a lou[G]nger,
he's a [F#m]lazy g[D]ood -for -nothi[Em]n',
he's a [D]jerk.[G][D][A][D]
When a rich man loses on a horse,
isn't he the sport, ho -ho,
isn't he the sport?
But when [G]a poor man [F#]loses on a [F]horse,[E]
[A]he's a [D]gambler, he's a [G]spender,
[C]he's a [A]lowlife,
[D]he's a [Em]raisin [A]for di[D]vorce.[Bm][Abdim]
[Db]When a [F#m]rich man chases a[D]fter d[Abm]ames,
[Db]he's a man about town,
[F#m]oh yes, a man ab[D]out town.[Abdim]
[Db]But when a p[A]oor man [F#m]chases after d[Bm]ames,
[E]he's a bounder, he'[A]s a rou[Em]nder,
[A]he's a rotter,
and a lot of [D]dirty names.

[Interlude 1]
[A][Ebdim][Dm]
[G][C][Am][Dm][F][C][Am]
[Dm]
[G]When

[Verse 2]
[C]the idle poor become
the idle rich
You'll never know just who is who
or [G]who [D]is which
[G]No one will see the Irish
[F]or [D]the Slav in you
For [G]when [F]you're on Park Avenue,
[C]Cornel[G]ius [D]and Mike Loo[G]k -a
[C]-like.[Am][Dm][G][C][Am][Dm]
When [Em]poor Tweedledum is
[A]rich [D]Tweedledee,
[Em]This discrimination will [A]no longer [D]be.
When we're [Dm]in the dough
and [G]off of the [C]nut,
You [F]won't know your [B]banker
from your [E]butler[G].
[C]Come on, Finian!
[Gm]Come on, Finian!
[C]Yay, Finian!

[Interlude 2]
Yeah, Fedian
[C][Edim][Gm][D][Gm][C]
[F][C][Gm][C]
[G][F][C][Gm]
[C]
[Edim][Gm][Bb][Gm][C]
[F][C][Gm][C]
[G][F][C][Edim][C]
[G][F][C]

[Verse 3]
[C]Let's make the switch
With just a few annuities
We'll hide those incon[C]gruities
In [G]cloaks from [D]Abercrombie [Bm]Fitch
[G]Whe[C]n the
idle poor
become the [F]idle [G]rich!

[Outro 1]
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