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Government man chords by
Neil Murray
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
D
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Verse 1
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With a job, my job, you get well paid
Dm
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Big four -driving holidays
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Keep your mouth shut, do the work
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Think of all those bonus perks
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Just keep quiet and hold the line
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You'll be a government man in time
Bm
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Well, the government does whatever it wants
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And they don't want
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Bm
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2

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D

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us to make a fuss
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G

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Little people are just shoved aside
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Not even from Solva,
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D

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don't ask me why
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Just keep quiet and take your pay
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You'll be a government man that way
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Well, here I was ridin' along
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In a new Ford drive

with my government job
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I look out the window at my beautiful land
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And I realize the government
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don't give a
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They want us to live on the little plain
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And they tie me up as a

government name
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Well, that's when I start to
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speak right out
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Before I write South Culture
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an d that's hell
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For we've been living

under our own law
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Before a thousand gen
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erations of law
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Well, next thing I knew

I was shown my door

And I wasn't a government man no more
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Well, that's how it is if you
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got brains

That's how it is if you got brains

I didn't keep quiet, now I don't get paid

Well, I didn't keep quiet,

now I don't get paid
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I had to make a stand, I couldn't renege

Had to make a stand, I couldn't renege
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No matter how big my paycheck

No matter how big my paycheck
A
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The government don't

want me in the road
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So I found me another way to go
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I'm gonna help my people where I can
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Help my people where I can

I don't wanna be a government man

Don't wanna be a government man
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I'm gonna hold them tight,

hold my country

Hold them tight, hold my country
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And I don't care what the

government think of me
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Don't care what the
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government think of
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I'll always be an animal man

Never gonna be a government man

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Dm

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Ddim

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Government man by Neil murray is E major.

The primary chords used in Government man are E, Em, A, D, B, C#m.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like E, Em, A, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Government man is approximately 200 beats per minute.

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