Chords
The Haves Have Naught

Key: A

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
                Ab                                 Fm              Ab                            Fm  
Just look at that shopkeeper peddling his wares
B                                    Cm                                    B                 Cm  
Shouting his sales pitch, but nobody cares
                                Ab                      Fm                                    Ab                      Fm  
Don?t you wonder what keeps him there, day after day,
B                              Cm                      B                                    Cm  
Begging for gold as his hair turns to gray?
Interlude
Bb  Fm  
Ebm                                    Db                      B  
Blindly they?re bounding apace 
                                        Ebm                 Db                         B  
Starving for mercy in a merciless place
                     Bbm                                 Abm                         Eb  
Only a fool would make martyrs from heathens
                                                  Bbm                      Abm                              Eb  
And find them so lively when they?re barely breathing
                                        Abm7         Eb  
Just barely breathing?
Interlude
Ab  Fm  Ab  Fm  B  Cm  
Verse
                Ab                              Fm                 Ab                         Fm  
Just look at that toymaker grinding his gears
B                            Cm                      B                         Cm  
Turning no profit but he doesn?t care
                             Ab                    Fm                    Ab                    Fm  
He keeps smiles on faces and, day after day,
                B                                 Cm                      B                              Cm  
The children keep sadness and suffering at bay
Interlude
Bb  Fm  
Ebm                    Db                    B  
Blissfully bounding apace
                                          Ebm                 Db                    B  
Searching for mercy in a merciless place
                     Bbm                            Abm                      Eb  
Only a monster makes fodder from saints
                                                  Bbm                              Abm                                    Eb  
And finds them so worthless when they?re full of grace
                                  Abm7         Eb  
So full of grace?
Bridge
             B  
But what better use of hookers and thieves
                                                                                                                                        Db                                         Bbm  
Than greasing the wheels of perfect machines that hum into life a harmony of industry
             Abm7  
But what is the use of cutting them down 
             Abm7  
To smother and choke the souls of our town?
          Eb  
I know there is another way?
Duet {listen for the exact chord changes}
          B  
But, what is so wrong with giving them purpose?
(Just how could you weed them out?)
Db  
A man like yourself could give worth to the worthless
(You?re bleeding them dry)
Bbm                                                                            Abm7  
(They live and die like you and I?)
                Abm7  
Without the guidance of rulers and tyrants
(? and under your guidance  the hands of a tyrant)
                B                                                                                      Eb  
These people will just tear themselves apart
(They?ll just tear themselves apart)
                  Ab                                 Fm              Ab                         Fm  
Just look at that charlatan steeped in deceit
             B                                 Cm                         B                              Cm  
A threat to the young  to the old and the meek
                             Ab                            Fm                            Ab                      Fm  
Don?t you wonder what made him so vicious  so sick
          B                         Cm  
So far out of balance 
          B                         Cm  
So cruel and so callous 
          B                         Cm  
So married to malice?