The Pound Is Sinking

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

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         The Pound is Sinking – Paul McCartney 
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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").
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[Intro]
| Em | %  |
[Verse 1]
[Interlude 1]
5/8                       5/8
5/8                
[Verse 2]
[Interlude 2]
3/4
[Outro]

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