The Price Of Rice Chords by Beans On Toast
Tempo:
112.75 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
B
F#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [C#] [F#m] Well, the [C#] price of rice is rising [B] from a penny to a pound
[C#] And they'll soon be starving people [F#m] everywhere we look around
[F#] I don't understand the economy, [B] so I'll sing another tune
[C#] But let's just try to [G#m] make sure everybody's got some [A#] [F#] food
[C#] Well, [F#] the price of [C#] a house [F#] is rising, [B] the mortgage rates are fucked
[C#] It looks like first-time [F#m] buyers are running [C#] out of luck
Your bank accounts [F#] are in the red and [B] Cameron's in the blue
[G#m] If Northern [D#] Rock collapses, what the [C#] fuck is he gonna [F#] do?
[C#]
[B] My old man [C#] said, remember [F#] the [C#] Waltons?
[G#m] They were poor, but they [F#] were happy
[B] You've got food [F] on your back, [G] you've got clothes in [C#] your [F#] mouth
[B] You should be fucking [F#]
happy
[B] Someone's [C#] always got more [F#] than you, [B] someone's [C#] always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try your fucking [F#]
best
[C#] Well, [F#] the price of petrol's rising [B] and the barrel's running dry
[C#] The motorways are gridlocked [F#] and still you wanna drive
We keep on blaming Esso, [B] we keep on blaming Shell
[C#] We keep on blaming [D#] leaders, [A#m] but we never [F#m] blame [A#m] ourselves
[C#] My [B] old man [G#m] said, remember [F#] the Waltons?
They [B] were poor, [C#m] but they [F#] were happy
You've [B] got food on [C#] your [F#] back, you've got clothes in your mouth
[B] You should [C#] be fucking [F#] happy
[B] [C#] Someone's always [F#] got more than you, [B] someone's [C#]
always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try [C#] your [F#] fucking best
[C#]
Well, [F#] the price of life is precious [B] and you only get one chance
[C#] So let the chips fall where they [F#m] lie and try to have a laugh
Don't take yourself so [B] seriously, if you wanted to change the world
[C#] Start treating everybody how you'd like to be [F#] treated yourself
[C#] And they'll soon be starving people [F#m] everywhere we look around
[F#] I don't understand the economy, [B] so I'll sing another tune
[C#] But let's just try to [G#m] make sure everybody's got some [A#] [F#] food
[C#] Well, [F#] the price of [C#] a house [F#] is rising, [B] the mortgage rates are fucked
[C#] It looks like first-time [F#m] buyers are running [C#] out of luck
Your bank accounts [F#] are in the red and [B] Cameron's in the blue
[G#m] If Northern [D#] Rock collapses, what the [C#] fuck is he gonna [F#] do?
[C#]
[B] My old man [C#] said, remember [F#] the [C#] Waltons?
[G#m] They were poor, but they [F#] were happy
[B] You've got food [F] on your back, [G] you've got clothes in [C#] your [F#] mouth
[B] You should be fucking [F#]
happy
[B] Someone's [C#] always got more [F#] than you, [B] someone's [C#] always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try your fucking [F#]
best
[C#] Well, [F#] the price of petrol's rising [B] and the barrel's running dry
[C#] The motorways are gridlocked [F#] and still you wanna drive
We keep on blaming Esso, [B] we keep on blaming Shell
[C#] We keep on blaming [D#] leaders, [A#m] but we never [F#m] blame [A#m] ourselves
[C#] My [B] old man [G#m] said, remember [F#] the Waltons?
They [B] were poor, [C#m] but they [F#] were happy
You've [B] got food on [C#] your [F#] back, you've got clothes in your mouth
[B] You should [C#] be fucking [F#] happy
[B] [C#] Someone's always [F#] got more than you, [B] someone's [C#]
always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try [C#] your [F#] fucking best
[C#]
Well, [F#] the price of life is precious [B] and you only get one chance
[C#] So let the chips fall where they [F#m] lie and try to have a laugh
Don't take yourself so [B] seriously, if you wanted to change the world
[C#] Start treating everybody how you'd like to be [F#] treated yourself
Key:
C#
F#
B
F#m
G#m
C#
F#
B
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] Well, the [C#] price of rice is rising [B] from a penny to a pound
[C#] And they'll soon be starving people [F#m] everywhere we look around
[F#] I don't understand the economy, [B] so I'll sing another tune
[C#] But let's just try to [G#m] make sure everybody's got some [A#] [F#] food
_ [C#] _ _ Well, [F#] the price of [C#] a house [F#] is rising, [B] the mortgage rates are fucked
[C#] It looks like first-time [F#m] buyers are running [C#] out of luck
Your bank accounts [F#] are in the red and [B] Cameron's in the blue
[G#m] If Northern [D#] Rock collapses, what the [C#] fuck is he gonna [F#] do?
_ _ [C#] _
_ [B] My old man [C#] said, remember [F#] the [C#] Waltons?
[G#m] They were poor, but they [F#] were happy
_ [B] You've got food [F] on your back, [G] you've got clothes in [C#] your [F#] mouth
[B] You should be fucking [F#] _
happy
_ [B] Someone's [C#] always got more [F#] than you, [B] someone's [C#] always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try your fucking [F#]
best
_ _ [C#] _ _ Well, [F#] the price of petrol's rising [B] and the barrel's running dry
[C#] The motorways are gridlocked [F#] and still you wanna drive
We keep on blaming Esso, [B] we keep on blaming Shell
[C#] We keep on blaming [D#] leaders, [A#m] but we never [F#m] blame [A#m] ourselves
_ [C#] My _ [B] old man [G#m] said, remember [F#] the Waltons?
They [B] were poor, [C#m] but they [F#] were happy
You've [B] got food on [C#] your [F#] back, you've got clothes in your mouth
[B] You should [C#] be fucking [F#] happy
_ [B] _ _ [C#] Someone's always [F#] got more than you, [B] someone's [C#]
always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try [C#] your [F#] fucking best
_ [C#] _ _ _
Well, [F#] the price of life is precious [B] and you only get one chance
[C#] So let the chips fall where they [F#m] lie and try to have a laugh
Don't take yourself so [B] seriously, if you wanted to change the world
[C#] Start treating everybody how you'd like to be [F#] treated yourself _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] And they'll soon be starving people [F#m] everywhere we look around
[F#] I don't understand the economy, [B] so I'll sing another tune
[C#] But let's just try to [G#m] make sure everybody's got some [A#] [F#] food
_ [C#] _ _ Well, [F#] the price of [C#] a house [F#] is rising, [B] the mortgage rates are fucked
[C#] It looks like first-time [F#m] buyers are running [C#] out of luck
Your bank accounts [F#] are in the red and [B] Cameron's in the blue
[G#m] If Northern [D#] Rock collapses, what the [C#] fuck is he gonna [F#] do?
_ _ [C#] _
_ [B] My old man [C#] said, remember [F#] the [C#] Waltons?
[G#m] They were poor, but they [F#] were happy
_ [B] You've got food [F] on your back, [G] you've got clothes in [C#] your [F#] mouth
[B] You should be fucking [F#] _
happy
_ [B] Someone's [C#] always got more [F#] than you, [B] someone's [C#] always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try your fucking [F#]
best
_ _ [C#] _ _ Well, [F#] the price of petrol's rising [B] and the barrel's running dry
[C#] The motorways are gridlocked [F#] and still you wanna drive
We keep on blaming Esso, [B] we keep on blaming Shell
[C#] We keep on blaming [D#] leaders, [A#m] but we never [F#m] blame [A#m] ourselves
_ [C#] My _ [B] old man [G#m] said, remember [F#] the Waltons?
They [B] were poor, [C#m] but they [F#] were happy
You've [B] got food on [C#] your [F#] back, you've got clothes in your mouth
[B] You should [C#] be fucking [F#] happy
_ [B] _ _ [C#] Someone's always [F#] got more than you, [B] someone's [C#]
always [F#] got less
Well, [B] don't worry [C#] about it, [F#] be true to yourself
[B] And try [C#] your [F#] fucking best
_ [C#] _ _ _
Well, [F#] the price of life is precious [B] and you only get one chance
[C#] So let the chips fall where they [F#m] lie and try to have a laugh
Don't take yourself so [B] seriously, if you wanted to change the world
[C#] Start treating everybody how you'd like to be [F#] treated yourself _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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