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 I fear, my dear
That it's eminently clear
C 
That you can't see the
Em 
trees for the forest
Am 
Your father was an extraordinary man
D 
G 
But you don't seem to have inherited
C 
Em 
C 
Em 
many of his mannerisms
C 
Em 
Oh, any of his mannerisms

Verse 5
G 
D 
Em 
The dollar's moving
Am 
The ruble's rising
Em 
The yen is keeping up
D 
Bm 
Which hardly seems surprising
D 

Verse 6

The market's bottom

Has fallen right out

And only the stout are survivors

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