[Intro]
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Cm | Gm
Ab5 | G5 | Eb5 | D5
[Verse 1]
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Cm
Strange times we're living in; panic and hysteria
Poor man learn the rich man don't care for ya
Gm
Narcissist mindsets spread like malaria
Eb5 D5
Sit back and watch the show, America
Cm
Britain split through fickle shit, a government of hypocrites
Gm F5 D5
These counterfeit politicians sit in parliament, not adequate (Come on)
Cm
Needlessly bleeding resources all dry
Turn a blind eye if it means a pay rise
Gm
"Oh, what a shame it would be, I would die"
If Number 10 Downing Street burned in a fire
Cm
Only joking, only messing, don't be stressing
I'm a peaceful adolescent, there's no need to be unpleasant
Gm
Write my thesis in a rhyme scheme to analyze the brain
While my finger's on the trigger of a money game
[Chorus (1)]
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Cm
Oh rain, rain, rain, rain
A storm, it comes our way
Gm
And those who rise through distorted lies
F
Poisoning the veins
Cm
But we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blame
It's easier to blame
Gm
But point the mirror at ourselves
F Cm Gm F
We're all part of this old money game
[Post-Chorus]
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Cm Gm F
This old money game
This old
[Pre-Verse]
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Cm
Money is a game and the ladder we climb
Turns a saint into a sinner with his finger in crime
Gm
I'll break it down for you motherfuckers line by line
This is business economics in a nursery rhyme
[Verse 2]
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Cm
She sells seashells on a seashore
But the value of these shells will fall
Gm
Due to the laws of supply and demand
Ab5 G5 Eb5 D5
No one wants to buy shells 'cause there's loads on the sand
Cm
Step one: you must create a sense of scarcity
Shells will sell much better if the people think they're rare, you see
Gm
Bare with me, take as many shells as you can find and hide 'em on an island
Eb5 D5
Stockpile 'em high until they're rarer than a diamond
Cm
Step two: you gotta make the people think that they want 'em
Really want 'em, really fuckin' want 'em, hit 'em like Bronson
Gm
Influencers, product placement, featured prime time entertainment
F5 D5
If you haven't got a shell, then you're just a fucking waste, man
Cm
Three: it's monopoly, invest inside some property
Start a corporation, make a logo, do it properly
Gm
"Shells must sell", that will be your new philosophy
Swallow all your morals, they're a poor man's quality
Cm
Four: expand, expand, expand
Clear forest, make land, fresh blood on hands
Gm
Five: why just shells? Why limit yourself?
Ab5
She sells seashells, sell oil as well
Cm
Six: guns, sell stocks, sell diamonds, sell rocks
Sell water to a fish, sell the time to a clock
Gm
Seven: press on the gas, take your foot off the brakes
Then run to be the president of the United States
Cm
Eight: big smile mate, big wave, that's great
Now the truth is overrated, tell lies out the gate
Gm
Nine: Polarise the people, controversy is the game
F5 D5 F5
It don't matter if they hate you if they all say your name
[Break]
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Cm
Ten: the world is yours, step out on a stage to a round of applause
Gm F
You're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a whore, and you sell seashells on the seashore
[Chorus (2)]
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Cm
Rain, rain, rain, rain
A storm, it comes our way
Gm
And those who rise through distorted lies
F
Poisoning the veins
Cm
But we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blame
It's easier to blame
Gm
But point the mirror at ourselves
F Cm Gm F
We're all part of this old money game
