Mighty Sparrow - Capitalism Gone Mad Chords
Tempo:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [F] [C]
[F] You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petty [C] bourgeoisie anytime you're living here
in [F] this country.
You got to be in sculled ivory making you money [C] illicitly to live like somebody in [F] this country.
It's [Bb] outrageous [F] and insane, them [C] crazy prices in [F] Port of Spain.
And [Bb] like the merchants going [F] out of their brain, and the [Dm] working man like the only [F] toiling in vain.
Were you [C] ever here?
A Califasian for seven thousand, watermelon [F] for a little piece of land.
[C] A pair of sneakers, [F] two hundred dollars, a pair of shoes for a little piece of land.
[C] Five hundred dollars, eighty ninety [F] thousand for motocars.
At [Bb] last here in Trinidad we [Dm] see [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
It's [Bb] sad and getting more [Dm] bad because doo-doo [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
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[F] [Gm] [C]
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[Gm] [F]
To provide for your family, [Bb] to pay on your present [C] salary is an impossibility in [F] this country.
So many bills to pay, [Bb] there is no [C] conceivable way to save for a rainy day in [F] this country.
A [Bb] voraciousness to [F] be precise is why [C] every damn thing's so [F]
overpriced.
Big [Bb] business making everybody [Dm] feel, government giving a open license [F] to steal.
Would you [C] believe me, one night of [F] panty is ninety [C]-ninety, twenty dollars for [F] some baby milk.
[C] The cheapest jersey [F] costs over sixty, two hundred and [F] change a yard for silk.
It's [Bb] hard here in Trinidad, Lord [Dm] have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's [Bb] sad, things getting more [Dm] bad, oh Lord, [C] capitalism gone [F] mad.
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[F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Dm]
This is [C] Caribbean vibes.
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
To buy a pack of cigarettes, [Bb] just leave you with a hole in your [C] wallet, and money is so hard to get.
In this [F] country, necessity or luxuries, [Bb] it doesn't matter what the [C] item is, you're charging anything to flee.
In [F] this country, primary [Bb] school books, [F] prices lose, it's [C] highway robbery to the [F] price of food.
All [Bb] hopes and dreams elude the old man, but [Dm] politicians still expect good work [F] attitude.
Just [C] imagine this, the cheapest carpool, [F]
over three thousand, [C] not even dying [F] today easy.
[C] Thousands of [F] dollars for the undertaker, [C] so you could get a spot [F] in the cemetery.
It's [Bb] hard here in [F] Trinidad, oh [Dm] Lord, capitalism [F] gone mad.
The [Bb] gladness that once we had, is [Dm] gone because capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [F] [C]
You got to have heavy contacts, [Bb] know how to move up in society, [C] to make any kind of impact.
In this [F] country, you got to know how to cheaply feel, [Bb] how to scheme and swindle [C] properly, perfectly how we land deal.
In this country, I say [Bb] survival [F] in this land [C] isn't easy for no [F] man.
With unemployment and high inflation, somehow we go [Dm] dead before the end of this recession.
Where the hell [C] is this lamb and mulled chouli, [F]
costing three pence, [C] forty dollars for one [F] watermelon.
[C] Half your salary [F] for fish meat and poultry, [C] time you buy greens, all [F] your money gone.
It's hard here in [Dm] Trinidad, Lord have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's sad [Bb] and getting old, [F] Lord, [Dm] capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F] [C]
[F] You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petty [C] bourgeoisie anytime you're living here
in [F] this country.
You got to be in sculled ivory making you money [C] illicitly to live like somebody in [F] this country.
It's [Bb] outrageous [F] and insane, them [C] crazy prices in [F] Port of Spain.
And [Bb] like the merchants going [F] out of their brain, and the [Dm] working man like the only [F] toiling in vain.
Were you [C] ever here?
A Califasian for seven thousand, watermelon [F] for a little piece of land.
[C] A pair of sneakers, [F] two hundred dollars, a pair of shoes for a little piece of land.
[C] Five hundred dollars, eighty ninety [F] thousand for motocars.
At [Bb] last here in Trinidad we [Dm] see [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
It's [Bb] sad and getting more [Dm] bad because doo-doo [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] [F]
To provide for your family, [Bb] to pay on your present [C] salary is an impossibility in [F] this country.
So many bills to pay, [Bb] there is no [C] conceivable way to save for a rainy day in [F] this country.
A [Bb] voraciousness to [F] be precise is why [C] every damn thing's so [F]
overpriced.
Big [Bb] business making everybody [Dm] feel, government giving a open license [F] to steal.
Would you [C] believe me, one night of [F] panty is ninety [C]-ninety, twenty dollars for [F] some baby milk.
[C] The cheapest jersey [F] costs over sixty, two hundred and [F] change a yard for silk.
It's [Bb] hard here in Trinidad, Lord [Dm] have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's [Bb] sad, things getting more [Dm] bad, oh Lord, [C] capitalism gone [F] mad.
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[F] [C]
[F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Dm]
This is [C] Caribbean vibes.
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
To buy a pack of cigarettes, [Bb] just leave you with a hole in your [C] wallet, and money is so hard to get.
In this [F] country, necessity or luxuries, [Bb] it doesn't matter what the [C] item is, you're charging anything to flee.
In [F] this country, primary [Bb] school books, [F] prices lose, it's [C] highway robbery to the [F] price of food.
All [Bb] hopes and dreams elude the old man, but [Dm] politicians still expect good work [F] attitude.
Just [C] imagine this, the cheapest carpool, [F]
over three thousand, [C] not even dying [F] today easy.
[C] Thousands of [F] dollars for the undertaker, [C] so you could get a spot [F] in the cemetery.
It's [Bb] hard here in [F] Trinidad, oh [Dm] Lord, capitalism [F] gone mad.
The [Bb] gladness that once we had, is [Dm] gone because capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[F] [C] [F]
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[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [F] [C]
You got to have heavy contacts, [Bb] know how to move up in society, [C] to make any kind of impact.
In this [F] country, you got to know how to cheaply feel, [Bb] how to scheme and swindle [C] properly, perfectly how we land deal.
In this country, I say [Bb] survival [F] in this land [C] isn't easy for no [F] man.
With unemployment and high inflation, somehow we go [Dm] dead before the end of this recession.
Where the hell [C] is this lamb and mulled chouli, [F]
costing three pence, [C] forty dollars for one [F] watermelon.
[C] Half your salary [F] for fish meat and poultry, [C] time you buy greens, all [F] your money gone.
It's hard here in [Dm] Trinidad, Lord have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's sad [Bb] and getting old, [F] Lord, [Dm] capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[F] You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petty [C] bourgeoisie anytime you're living here
in [F] this country.
You got to be in sculled ivory making you money [C] illicitly to live like somebody in [F] this country.
It's [Bb] outrageous [F] and insane, them [C] crazy prices in [F] Port of Spain.
And [Bb] like the merchants going [F] out of their brain, and the [Dm] working man like the only [F] toiling in vain.
Were you [C] ever here?
A Califasian for seven thousand, watermelon [F] for a little piece of land.
[C] A pair of sneakers, [F] two hundred dollars, a pair of shoes for a little piece of land.
[C] Five hundred dollars, eighty ninety [F] thousand for motocars.
At [Bb] last here in Trinidad we [Dm] see [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
It's [Bb] sad and getting more [Dm] bad because doo-doo [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
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To provide for your family, [Bb] to pay on your present [C] salary is an impossibility in [F] this country.
So many bills to pay, [Bb] there is no [C] conceivable way to save for a rainy day in [F] this country.
A [Bb] voraciousness to [F] be precise is why [C] every damn thing's so [F]
overpriced.
Big [Bb] business making everybody [Dm] feel, government giving a open license [F] to steal.
Would you [C] believe me, one night of [F] panty is ninety [C]-ninety, twenty dollars for [F] some baby milk.
[C] The cheapest jersey [F] costs over sixty, two hundred and [F] change a yard for silk.
It's [Bb] hard here in Trinidad, Lord [Dm] have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's [Bb] sad, things getting more [Dm] bad, oh Lord, [C] capitalism gone [F] mad.
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[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm]
This is [C] Caribbean vibes.
_ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
To buy a pack of cigarettes, [Bb] just leave you with a hole in your [C] wallet, and money is so hard to get.
In this [F] country, necessity or luxuries, [Bb] it doesn't matter what the [C] item is, you're charging anything to flee.
In [F] this country, primary [Bb] school books, [F] prices lose, it's [C] highway robbery to the [F] price of food.
All [Bb] hopes and dreams elude the old man, but [Dm] politicians still expect good work [F] attitude.
Just [C] imagine this, the cheapest carpool, [F]
over three thousand, [C] not even dying [F] today easy.
_ [C] Thousands of [F] dollars for the undertaker, [C] so you could get a spot [F] in the cemetery.
_ It's [Bb] hard here in [F] Trinidad, oh [Dm] Lord, capitalism [F] gone mad.
The [Bb] gladness that once we had, is [Dm] gone because capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
You got to have heavy contacts, [Bb] know how to move up in society, [C] to make any kind of impact.
In this [F] country, you got to know how to cheaply feel, [Bb] how to scheme and swindle [C] properly, perfectly how we land deal.
In this country, I say [Bb] survival [F] in this land [C] isn't easy for no [F] man.
With unemployment and high inflation, somehow we go [Dm] dead before the end of this recession.
Where the hell [C] is this lamb and mulled chouli, [F]
costing three pence, [C] forty dollars for one [F] watermelon.
_ _ [C] Half your salary [F] for fish meat and poultry, [C] time you buy greens, all [F] your money gone.
_ It's hard here in [Dm] Trinidad, Lord have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's sad [Bb] and getting old, [F] Lord, [Dm] capitalism [F] gone mad.
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[F] You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petty [C] bourgeoisie anytime you're living here
in [F] this country.
You got to be in sculled ivory making you money [C] illicitly to live like somebody in [F] this country.
It's [Bb] outrageous [F] and insane, them [C] crazy prices in [F] Port of Spain.
And [Bb] like the merchants going [F] out of their brain, and the [Dm] working man like the only [F] toiling in vain.
Were you [C] ever here?
A Califasian for seven thousand, watermelon [F] for a little piece of land.
[C] A pair of sneakers, [F] two hundred dollars, a pair of shoes for a little piece of land.
[C] Five hundred dollars, eighty ninety [F] thousand for motocars.
At [Bb] last here in Trinidad we [Dm] see [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
It's [Bb] sad and getting more [Dm] bad because doo-doo [C] capitalism going [F] mad.
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[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
To provide for your family, [Bb] to pay on your present [C] salary is an impossibility in [F] this country.
So many bills to pay, [Bb] there is no [C] conceivable way to save for a rainy day in [F] this country.
A [Bb] voraciousness to [F] be precise is why [C] every damn thing's so [F]
overpriced.
Big [Bb] business making everybody [Dm] feel, government giving a open license [F] to steal.
Would you [C] believe me, one night of [F] panty is ninety [C]-ninety, twenty dollars for [F] some baby milk.
[C] The cheapest jersey [F] costs over sixty, two hundred and [F] change a yard for silk.
It's [Bb] hard here in Trinidad, Lord [Dm] have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's [Bb] sad, things getting more [Dm] bad, oh Lord, [C] capitalism gone [F] mad.
_ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm]
This is [C] Caribbean vibes.
_ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
To buy a pack of cigarettes, [Bb] just leave you with a hole in your [C] wallet, and money is so hard to get.
In this [F] country, necessity or luxuries, [Bb] it doesn't matter what the [C] item is, you're charging anything to flee.
In [F] this country, primary [Bb] school books, [F] prices lose, it's [C] highway robbery to the [F] price of food.
All [Bb] hopes and dreams elude the old man, but [Dm] politicians still expect good work [F] attitude.
Just [C] imagine this, the cheapest carpool, [F]
over three thousand, [C] not even dying [F] today easy.
_ [C] Thousands of [F] dollars for the undertaker, [C] so you could get a spot [F] in the cemetery.
_ It's [Bb] hard here in [F] Trinidad, oh [Dm] Lord, capitalism [F] gone mad.
The [Bb] gladness that once we had, is [Dm] gone because capitalism [F] gone mad.
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You got to have heavy contacts, [Bb] know how to move up in society, [C] to make any kind of impact.
In this [F] country, you got to know how to cheaply feel, [Bb] how to scheme and swindle [C] properly, perfectly how we land deal.
In this country, I say [Bb] survival [F] in this land [C] isn't easy for no [F] man.
With unemployment and high inflation, somehow we go [Dm] dead before the end of this recession.
Where the hell [C] is this lamb and mulled chouli, [F]
costing three pence, [C] forty dollars for one [F] watermelon.
_ _ [C] Half your salary [F] for fish meat and poultry, [C] time you buy greens, all [F] your money gone.
_ It's hard here in [Dm] Trinidad, Lord have mercy, capitalism [F] gone mad.
It's sad [Bb] and getting old, [F] Lord, [Dm] capitalism [F] gone mad.
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