Chords
Hole In The Bucket

Key: C

Introduction: C    

     Am                                      C                         F  
I went down to the city and I found myself a job
Am                                    C                                 F  
Working for the people who do need some helping out
          Am                                         C                                              F  
But then, in truth, I found there was so little left to give
          C                                                                                                         F  
The government might save their lives, might not help them to live
                                          C  
Well, there's a hole in the bucket and the people fall out
                     G                                                                                                      C  
There's money underground, but you can't get it out
                        F                                                                                                         C  
When you stand at the State House, smile, and say, "Please?"
Well, there's a crack in the floor and the people fall through
                        G                                                         C  
And they wind up coming back to you
                  F                                                                                         C  
From a place it seems like they can never leave
                                          G                                                                                              Am      C                 F      C  
Well, there's a hole in the system for the people in need
          Am                              C                              F  
How do you tell a woman who is 82 years old
Am                                 C                                    F  
Poor and lying in her bed and needing help at home
             Am                                      C                                      F  
That there is no more money, there is nothing you can do
             C                                                                                            F  
Just hold on for a better year and we'll try to get to you
                                          C  
Well, there's a hole in the bucket and the people fall out
                     G                                                                                                      C  
There's money underground, but you can't get it out
                        F                                                                                                         C  
When you stand at the State House, smile, and say, "Please?"
Well, there's a crack in the floor and the people fall through
                        G                                                         C  
And they wind up coming back to you
                  F                                                                                         C  
From a place it seems like they can never leave
                                          G                                                                                              Am      C  
Well, there's a hole in the system for the people in need
                 F    Am    C    F    C      F    Am    C    F    C    F    C    F         C  
          Am                                 C                                              F  
Oh, beautiful, for spacious skies and amber waves of grain
  Am                                                                         C                                      F  
America, you're beautiful, but you have got to change
          Am                                    C                                                            F  
You think of how to save your skin, but you never mind the bones
             C                                                                            F  
Have we become a country where the hearts have turned to stones?
                                          C  
Well, there's a hole in the bucket and the people fall out
                     G                                                                                                      C  
There's money underground, but you can't get it out
                        F                                                                                              C  
When you stand at the Capitol, smile, and say, "Please?"
Well, there's a crack in the floor and the people fall through
                        G                                                         C  
And they wind up coming back to you
                  F                                                                                         C  
From a place it seems like they can never leave
                                          G                                                                                              C  
Well, there's a hole in the system for the people in need
                                        F  
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