The Pound Is Sinking chords by Paul McCartney

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Intro 1

Verse 1

The pound is sinking

The peso's falling

The lira's reeling

And feeling quite appalling

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Verse 2

The mark is holding

The franc is fading

The drachma's very weak

But everyone's still trading

Verse 3

The market's bottom

Has fallen right out

And only the strong are sur

vivors

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Em 
Well  (E minor) I fear, my dear
That it's eminently clear
C 
That you  (C major) can't see the
Em 
trees for the  (E minor) forest
Am 
Your father was an ex (A minor) traordinary man
D 
G 
But  (D major) you don't seem to have in (G major) herited
C 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (C major) many of his  (E minor) mannerisms  (C major)  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
Oh,  (C major) any of his man (E minor) nerisms

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) 
D 
Em 
The dollar's moving  (D major)  (E minor) 
Am 
The ruble's rising  (A minor) 
Em 
The yen is keeping  (E minor) up
D 
Bm 
Which  (D major) hardly seems sur (B minor) prising
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6

The market's bottom

Has fallen right out

And only the stout are survivors

Verse 7
G 
F 
Em 
B 
 (G major)  (F major)  (E minor) Hear me, my  (B major) lover
Em 
D 
G 
Em 
D 
I  (E minor) can't be held re (D major) sponsible  (G major) now  (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
D 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) For  (D major) something that didn't hap (A major) pen  (E minor) 
D 
C 
B 
Bm 
I  (D major) knew you  (C major) for a  (B major) minute  (B minor) 
G 
Em 
C 
 (G major) Oh, it didn't  (E minor) hap pen  (C major) 
Bm 
Only  (B minor) for a minute
Em 
Bm 
Your  (E minor) heart just wasn't  (B minor) in it anymore
C 
 (C major) 