Get Rid Of It chords by
Ewan Maccoll
Peggy Seeger

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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One morning as I ambled

on my customary ramble

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I thought that I heard

Maggie Thatcher callin'

She sounded so distracted

and she cried as time I acted

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For the wasteful way their

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livin' is appallin'

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

That terrible public spending,

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let's get rid of it!

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

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The welfare state needs endin',

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let's get rid of it!

She said I'd like to mention

that free medical attention

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Is a luxury that's far

beyond this nation

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Health's a matter for the wealthy

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Why should the poor be healthy?

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They're granting notions

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far above their station

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

That terrible, wasteful NHS

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

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Get rid of it!

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The welfare state is in a mess

Get rid of it!

When it comes to education

and the working population,

Remember, friends, that

I was once a teacher.

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If the workers know the letters

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and can recognize the letters,

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Then the rest is an

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unnecessary feature.

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

That terrible comprehensive school!

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

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Knowledge is a dangerous tool,

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get rid of it!

As freedom's great protector,

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we despise the public sector

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Yes, public ownership by rage arouses

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An d we sell for private profit

to our pals who do well off it

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Things like Orwell's,

not to mention council houses

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

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That terrible public ownership!

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Get rid of it! Get rid of it! Get rid of it!

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In Freedoms' name we say again,

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get rid of it!

While inflation goes on rising,

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we're opposed to subsidizing libraries

that lead to people reading.

As for people's theatre art,

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we regard it as a farce

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And the good kick up their arse

is what they're needing

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Get rid of it, get rid of it

That terrible theatre subsidy,

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get rid of it

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Get rid of it, get rid of it

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That municipal gallery, get rid of it

Then here's my proclamation,

let it sound throughout the nation

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That freedom's toxin ring

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from every steeple.

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Waste is neither wise nor funny,

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especially when it's money.

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We much prefer to waste

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the nation's people.

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Get rid of it!

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Get rid of it!

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That terrible greedy labor force,

get rid of it!

Get rid of it!

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Get rid of it!

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Put the boot in everyone,

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get rid of it!

Well, the hockey lady's vowels

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have played havoc with my vowels.

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A message left me feeling suicidal

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But my spirit rose anew

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I remembered me and you

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Have a recipe at hand

for our survival

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Get rid of it

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Get rid of it

That terrible Tory government

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Get rid of it

Get rid of it

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Get rid of it

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It's either us or them,

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so let's get rid of it . .

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