Key: F
Introduction:
Fm
The Pound Is Sinking
Fm
The Peso?s Failing
Fm
The Lira?s Reeling
Bbm
And Feeling Quite Appalling
G#
The Mark Is Holding
Fm
The Franc Is Fading
Bbm
The Drachma?s Very Weak
D#
But Everyone?s Still Trading
G# C#
The Market?s Bottom
G#
Has Fallen Right Out
C# G# C# G# C# Cm
And Only The Strong Are Survivors
Fm
Well I Fear, My Dear
That It?s Eminently Clear
Bbm
That You Can?t See The Trees
Fm
For The Forest
Your Father Was An
Bbm
Extraordinary Man
Cm Fm
But You Don?t Seem To Have Inherited
Bbm Fm
Many Of His Mannerisms
Bbm Fm
Oh, Any Of His Mannerisms
G#
The Dollar?s Moving
Fm
The Rouble?s Rising
Bbm
The Yen Is Keeping Up
D#
Which Hardly Seems Surprising
G# C#
The Market?s Bottom
G#
Has Fallen Right Out
C# G# C# G# C#
And Only The Strong Are Survivors
Fm C
Hear Me My Lover
Cm Bb
I Can?t Be Held Responsible Now
D# Bb
For Something That Didn?t Happen
D# Cm
I Knew You For A Minute
G# Fm
Oh, It Didn?t Happen
C# Cm
Only For A Minute
Fm D# C#
Your Heart Just Wasn?t In It Anymore
Fm
The Pound Is Sinking
Fm
The Peso?s Failing
Fm
The Lira?s Reeling
Bbm
And Feeling Quite Appalling