How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live Chords by Ub40

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So, I'm going to play a little bit of the song.
Once the shops were filled [F] with things that I could [Bb] buy. _ _ _
But the prices of them all have gone sky [F] high. _ _ _
Well, [Bb] I suppose they're going to drop.
You've got to [Gm] get used to the charity [Ebm] shop.
Tell me, [Bb] how can women [F] spend [Cm] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
Seems like only yesterday [F]
food was so [Bb] cheap. _ _ _
Now the cost of eating goes up every _ [F] _ week. _ _
So [Bb] you search for the vendors, have [Eb] to miss out on [Ebm] some meat.
Tell me, [Bb] how can women [F] spend [Eb] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
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_ It's at first foot [F] on the ladder, they all [Bb] say.
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_ But on what I'm earning, they know there's no [Gm] way.
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_ [Cm] Ain't no [Bb] bank is going to lend.
They've [Eb] got bonuses [Ebm] to spend.
Tell me, [Bb] how can [F] women spend [Cm] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
_ Council _ housing's something [F] I will never [Bb] get.
_ _ Put _ my name down on the list, I'm waiting, [F] yeah. _ _ _
So [Bb] I'm renting _ [Fm] privately, _ landlords [Eb] _ profiting from [Ebm] me.
_ Tell me, [Bb] how can women spend [Cm] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
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_ Getting round is getting [F] harder every _ [Bb] _ day. _ _
_ Used to drive a car, but lately there's no [F] way. _ _ _
_ Trains [Bb] are only for the [Fm] rich, _ and the [Eb] bus fares are a [Ebm] bitch.
_ Tell me, [Bb] how can women [F] spend [Cm] such time [Bb] and _ leave? _
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_ And the doctors don't come [Eb] out no more [Bb] at night.
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They won't treat you if they think you don't live _ right.
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[Cm] While they [Bb] _ _ privatise the [Ab] best, soon [Eb] there'll be no NHS.
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_ Tell me, [Bb] how can women [Cm] spend such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
_ Keeping warm is something [F] poor folks cannot [Bb] do. _ _ _
_ Cause the oilmen need a private yacht or [F] _ two. _ _
_ [Bb] Our companies make [Fm] them, _ as the [Eb] _ pensioners roll [Ebm] cold.
_ Tell [Bb] me, how can women [F] spend [A] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _ _
_ Tell me, how can women [F]
spend [Cm] such time and [Bb] leave? _ _
Just tell me, how can women [F]
spend [Eb] such time [Bb] and leave? _ _
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