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A Short Song About Poverty And Greed

from 2020 Vision by Jan Hauenstein

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A Short Song About Poverty And Greed Jan Hauenstein

(C) (G) (Am) (F) (C) (Fj7) (G)
(C) I´m not a (Am)righter of wrongs,
(F) I´m just a (C)writer of songs,
(Am) Watching from the (Em)sidelines,
(Am) Waiting for the (Em)good rhymes,
Ob(Am)serving the drama (F)and the jokes
The sunny (C)days and the rain,
The small (G)joys and the pain
That (Am)make up the lives (F) of everyday (C)folks.
(G) (Am) (F) (C) (Fj7) (G)

(C) And I watch the (Am)dirty fools
(F) Who make the (C)dirty rules
That for (Am)so long have made (Em)sure
(Am) That the poor stay (Em)poor.
(Am) All those hungry (F)mouths to feed,
And the (C)work of the many
Who (G)hardly get any
Fills the (Am)pockets of Mr. (F) and Mrs. (C)Greed.
(G) (Am) (F) (C) (Fj7) (G) (G7)
(C) (G) (Am) (F) (C) (Fj7) (G)

(C) I´m not a (Am)righter of wrongs,
(F) I´m just a (C)writer of songs,
(Am) Watching from the (Em)sidelines,
(Am) Waiting for the (Em)good rhymes,
Ob(Am)serving the need (F)of the poor,
Their (C)hopeless schemes
And their (G)unfulfilled dreams,
How much (Am)longer will they take it? (F) I´m not (C)sure,
(G) I´m not (Am)sure. (F)
I (C)think (Fj7) for a long, long (G)time,
A long, long (C)time.
(G) (Am) (F) (C) (Fj7) (G) (C)

Jan Hauenstein, Goettingen, 04 May, minor changes 08 May 2020

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from 2020 Vision, released September 9, 2020

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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