Poverty Knock chords by Chumbawamba

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Verse 1
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 (C major) (Chorus)
'Poverty poverty knock,' my
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 (F major) loom is a saying all  (G major) day
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 (C major) Poverty poverty knock,
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 (F major) gaffer's too skinny to  (G major) pay
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 (C major) Poverty poverty knock,
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 (F major) keeping one eye on the  (G major) clock
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I  (C major) know I can guttle when  (F major) I  hear my shuttle go,
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 (G major) 'poverty poverty  (C major) knock'
Up every morning at five,
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I wonder that  (F major) we keep alive  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Tired and yawning an (F major) other cold morning
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It's  (G major) back to the dreary old  (C major) drive.  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (G major)  (C major) 
(Repeat chorus)
Oh dear we're going to be late
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 (F major) Gaffer is stood at the  (C major) gate  (G major) 
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 (C major) We're out of  (G major) pocket,
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our  (F major) wages they'll docket
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We'll  (G major) have to buy grub on the  (C major) slate  (F major)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (G major) (Repeat chorus)
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And  (C major) when  (F major) our  (G major)  (C major) wages they bring,
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 (F major) we're often short of a  (C major) string  (G major) 
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 (C major) While we are fighting with
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 (F major) gaffer for snatching
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We  (G major) know to his brass he will  (C major) cling  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (G major)  (C major) 
(Repeat chorus)
Sometimes a shuttle flies out
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 (G major) And  (F major) gives some poor
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woman a clout  (G major) 
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 (C major) There she lies bleeding but
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 (F major) nobody's heeding
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Oh  (G major) who's going to carry her  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (F major)  (G major) out?  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) 
(Repeat chorus)
Oh dear, my poor head it sings
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I should have  (F major) woven three
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 (C major) string (G major) s
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 (C major) My threads are breaking
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and  (F major) my back is aching
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Oh  (G major) dear, I wish I had  (C major) wings
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Poverty poverty knock  (F major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Poverty poverty knock  (F major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Poverty poverty knock  (F major) 