Am7 – Em7 | D – C | G – D – C9   

Am7                Em7             D                              C9               
Standing in line marking time waiting for the welfare dime 
G           D                   C9 
’cause they can’t find a job 
         Am7                       Em7               D                           C               
The man in the silk suit hurries by, as he catches the poor old lady’s eye 
G                 D                  C9         
     Just for fun he says:  get a job !  

G – Fmaj7 – C                C9 
                That’s just the way it is 
G – Fmaj7 – C                    C9 
                Some things will never change 
G – Fmaj7 – C                C9 
                That’s just the way it is 
G – Fmaj7 – C        C9                 Am7    Em7   D   C  G  D   C9     
                Ah, but don’t you believe them 


         Am7            Em7                  D             C9        
They say hey little boy you can’t go where the others go 
G                D                 C9      
’cause you don’t look like they do 
       Am7            Em7             D                  C        
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way 
             G                      D                 C9  
Did you really think about it, before you made the rules 
             G 
He said: son    

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|Am7 – Em7 | D – C | G – D – C9

        Am7                        Em7                  D                   C9                    
Well they passed a law in ’64, to give those who ain’t got a little more 
G      D            C9      
But it only goes so far 
                    Am7            Em7                  D               C        
Because the law another’s mind, when all it sees at the hiring time 
G                      D        C9      
Is the line on the colour bar, oh no 

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|Am7 – Em7 | D – C | G – D – C9 |