Taxman Chords by Lucky Dube

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[E] _ _ paid [F#m] my _ gardener to clean up [D] my garden. _ _
[E] _ I paid [F#m] my doctor _ to _ shut [D] down the other king. _
[E] _ I paid [F#m] my lawyer _ to _ fight [D] for my rights.
[E] _ And I paid [F#m] my body guard _ to guard [D] my garden. _ _
[E] _ _ There's [F#m] only one man I pay, _ but I don't [D] know what I'm paying [E] for.
I'm talking [F#m] about the _ taxman.
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[E] Well, Lord, I'm talking [F#m] about the _ taxman.
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[E] Oh, I say, [F#m] the taxman. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Nobody will [E] tell me no, Mr.
[F#m] Taxman.
Why have you died for me [D] lately?
_ I [E] want to know where my money [F#m] goes.
Why have you died for me [D] lately?
_ I'm [E] talking to you, Mr.
[F#m] Taxman.
Why have you died for me [D] lately? _ _
[E] Mr.
Taxman
_ _ [F#m] Why have you died for me [D] lately? _ _
[E] Mr.
[A] Taxman
[F#m] I'm talking to you, _ Mr.
Taxman.
_ _ $200,000,000,000,000 of [D] taxpayers' money disappear [E] every year, _ [F#m] unaccounted for. _ _
_ You're a dead man, [D] pay tax. _ _
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[E] _ You take [F#m] from the rich, _ _ _ take [D] from the poor. _ _
[E] You even take [F#m] from me. _ _
I can't [D] understand it. _ _
[E] _ I paid [F#m] for the police _ _ _ to, [D] uh, I don't know [E] why.
_ Because [F#m] if my dollar was good enough, _ there wouldn't be [D] so much blimey in the [E] streets.
They tell me [F#m] you're a bad man. _
_ And you [D] always take and never [E] give.
_ _ [F#m] Why _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ have you died for me [D] lately?
_ Mr.
[E] Taxman
_ [F#m] Why have _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] [N] you died for me lately? _