Present Government chords by Mighty Sparrow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Come on,
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what is wrong with this island, poor
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William?
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Come on,
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I say what's wrong with this island?
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Poor
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Williams, everybody doing
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what they like
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Striking when they want to strike
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It appears that nobody
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cares about the island economy
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I  tell you, no grass today,
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no farm tomorrow
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What next? I don't know, no, no
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No  no rubbish cleaning
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Only cover walking the island,
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as you see
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Suffering politically
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Because the present government has
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some stupid opponent, oh
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Lord, man, they're ignorant
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I  say the present government has some stupid opponent,
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not one is intelligent
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Some of them, them opposing bandits,
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so much crime they commit
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Some again, have no education,
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it's them that's making confusion
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Anything at  all the premiers say,
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they're always standing in the way
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And like they're suffering from a mental
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block, talking one separate sewage talk
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I tell you, no gas today, no
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coal tomorrow
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What next, I don't know, no praying,
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digging, no rubbish cleaning
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Only cowboys walkin' the island,
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as  you see, sufferin' politically
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And then the present government has
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some stupid opponent, oh
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Lord, man, they ignorant
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I  say the present government has some stupid opponent, cause in the end,
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self -embarrassment
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Sometimes, you hear over the radio, big trouble in the let's go,
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the premier cannot make a
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suggestion without big objection,
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and some of them who want to object, really should
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have a rope around their neck,
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that is why the
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Venezuelan nearly killed one with a right
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hand.
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I tell you, no gas today, no phone tomorrow
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What they're doing I don't know,
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no grave diggin', more of this and
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Only
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Kobo walkin' the island, as  you see,
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sufferin' politically
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And then the present government has
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some stupid opponent, oh
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Lord, man, they ignorant
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I say the present government has some stupid opponent,
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not one is intelligent
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