The Panic Is On chords by Loudon Wainwright III
Verse 1
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Em
C
What this country is comin' to
Some would like to know
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D
If they don't do something by and by
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A
The rich will live and the poor will die
D
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C
G
Doggone I mean the panic is on
C
Can't get no work
Verse 2
can't draw no pay
Things are gettin' worser
F
each and every day
Dm
D
Nothin' to eat no place to sleep
C
A
All night long folks
are walkin' the street
D
G
Doggone I mean the panic
Em
C
Em
G
Em
is on
C
Saw a man
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Verse 3
this morning
walking down the street
No shoes on his feet
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D
You oughta seen the women in their flats
C
You could hear 'em sayin'
A
"what kind of man is that?"
D
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Em
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Em
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Doggone I mean the panic is on
C
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C
Interlude 1
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Em
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All them
Verse 4
landlords done raised the rent
Folks are gettin' broken
and they're badly bent
F
Where they get the dough
D
from goodness knows
C
But if they don't produce
Am
A
D
it in the street they go
G
Em
C
Em
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Doggone I mean the panic is on
C
Some play
Verse 5
numbers some
read your mind
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Some got rackets of all kinds
Some are trimmin' corns
off of people's feet
C
They got to do something just
A
to make ends meet
D
G
C
G
Doggone I mean the panic is on
C
Some women sellin'
Verse 6
apples
some sellin' pie
Sellin' gin whiskey and rye
F
Some are sellin' socks
D
to support their man
C
A
In fact some sellin' everything they can
D
Em
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Em
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C
Em
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Doggone I mean the panic is on
Em
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C
Interlude 2
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D
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I've pawned my clothes
Verse 7
I've pawned my everything
Pawned my jewlery my watch and ring
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Am
Pawned my razor but not my gun
C
A
If luck don't change they'll be
D
some stealin' done
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C
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Doggone I mean the panic is on
C
Old
Verse 8
prohibition's ruined everything
That is why I must sing
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D
Here's one thing I want you all to hear
C
If they don't bring back light
Am
A
D
wine gin and beer
G
C
Em
Doggone the panic will be on
C
The Panic Is On
Loudon Wainwright III
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