The Pound Is Sinking – Paul McCartney
Nghệ sĩ: Paul McCartney
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Pound is Sinking – Paul McCartney
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by; Paul McCartney
From: "Tug of War" (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
capo: 1st fret
play: Em
key: Fm
For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and "use flats").
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/F# 2-x-0-0-0-3
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
D/B x-2-x-2-3-2
D/A x-0-x-2-3-2
Dm6 x-x-0-2-0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intro
| | % |
ch]Em[/ch
The Pound is sinking
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
The Peso's falling
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
The Lira's reeling
ch]Am[/ch
And feeling quite appalling
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch
The Mark is holding
ch]Em[/ch
The Franc is fading
ch]Am[/ch
The Drachma's very weak
ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch
But everyone's still trading
ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
The market's bottom has fallen right out
[ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Em7[/ch] |
And only the strong are survivors
Interlude 1
ch]Em[/ch
Well, I fear my dear that it's eminently clear
[ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] |
That you can't see the trees for the forest
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
Your father was an extraordinary man
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
But you don't seem to have inherited
5/8 5/8
[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] |
Many of his mannerisms
5/8
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
Oh, any of his mannerisms
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch
The Dollar's moving
ch]Em[/ch
The Ruble's rising
ch]Am[/ch
The Yen is keeping up
ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch
Which hardly seems surprising
ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
The market's bottom has fallen right out
[ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] |
And only the stout are survivors
Interlude 2
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch
Hear me, my lover
ch]Dm6[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
I can't be held responsible now
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
For something that didn't happen
ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch
I knew you for a minute
3/4
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
Oh it didn't happen
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch
Only for a minute
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Your heart just wasn't in it anymore, mmh, mmh, mmh
Outro
ch]Em[/ch
The Pound is sinking
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
The Peso's falling
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
The Lira's reeling
ch]Am[/ch
And feeling quite appalling