The Prophet Of Doom chords by Mighty Sparrow

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Intro 1
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If you

Verse 1
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happen to see and know
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when politics going wrong
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With facts and figures prepared to show,
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it's better to bite your tongue
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To de m political boss,
who the people trust
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and get double -crossed
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You're an obstacle to be
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removed at any cost
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Oh, a social conscience is really very
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dangerous to your health
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The awesome strength of
the powers that be
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most certainly will be felt
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To tell them that the priorities
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and performance is on a par
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It's poetic to hear them describe
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to you who you are
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First of all, you're a megalomaniac
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A power seeker
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A crazy old crack
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Trouble maker
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And if you tell them that the economy
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Is no longer in full bloom
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Then you become a prophet
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of doom and gloom
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People complaining every day
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the cost of living too high
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Still they take all the subsidies away
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so man could suffer and die
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The situation is much too rough
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for anyone to ignore
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I don't know that the people
can't take it anymore
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But to show you really and truly care
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Is often misunderstood
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To express an abiding love for here
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Seldom does any good
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This system is far from perfect
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And most certainly must improve
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But to tell them that is a very
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dangerous move
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Cause you become wicked
and nefarious
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Counter -revolutionary
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Disciple of Judas,
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ending near the country
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You're branded as an imposter,
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masquerading in borrowed bloom
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But everybody know you're a prophet of doom and gloom
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The fetching is over, back to work,
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that's what the leader says
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But we hear him giggling
and plenty jokes
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Music blasting upstairs,
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every day is power outage
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Unhappy workers on the rampage
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And all the foodstuff you
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have spoiling in your fridge
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Tell me, when will we have
dependable services
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from T &Tech?
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And when we'll tell Coe and Wassa
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be able to fix the roads that
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they wreck
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Don't try to rock the ship off state
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with them stupid questions, so
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Accept the status quo
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and don't play hero
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You're a nation of complainers,
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not at all enterprising
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Just a set of bellyachers,
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unjustly criticizing
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Be weak, it's got any envy,
Tobago is in great shape,
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we must presume
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If you say it isn't so,
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you're a prophet of doom and gloom
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Questionable deals made in haste
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Continue to grow and grow
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Blatant refusals
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have replaced the people's right. No.
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Predictions are made daily
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to rule for a next century.
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And all indications are
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that it may well be.
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But re trenchment and redundancy
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begin in the stranglewee.
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Inflation and low productivity
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don't take over already.
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The Integrity Commission plan is
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our next project also run.
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Every move they make now
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is to ensure re -election
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In this land of steady -power failures
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People houses in darkness
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On every tree -ground is savannah
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This place must suppress politics
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You have to ask yourself
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which is worse
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Between a schizophrenic baboon
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A megalomaniac and a prophet of doom and gloom
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