Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
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Em
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Em
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Am
Dm
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Dm
Bahamas
Hamilton
Am
They're doing more than growing bananas,
Dm
they've got a tax dodge going on.
Am
Offshore banking business.
Dm
International crime.
Am
Offshore banking business.
Dm
Am
E
Hap pening all the time.
Am
Banks and corporations are
Dm
registered and operating there.
Am
They don't employ any local staff
Dm
and I don't know if you are aware
G
Em
American sitting at a desk with
G
Am
a plaque outside on the wall
A
C
E
You know, that's what they call
Am
offshore banking business
Dm
Some kind of financial thing, yeah
Am
Offshore banking business
Dm
The man with the money, he's got a swing,
Am
Dm
Am
say, from the tree
Dm
C
He's the pennies and the pounds
G
He's going round in the pot shop
G
Jamaican compound, I say
C
As I was there, who wants to know?
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Em
G
I was there, I want to know
Am
A
Who's got my money?
Who's got my pants?
tryna steal my pants?
Am
A
Guy in the city, guy in the news
C
Em
Everybody givin' me the pirate to blues,
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
yeah
IQ!
Am
Who's behind this operation?
Dm
I'll tell you what I know
And I know more than the rest
Am
Newspaper pirates and oil tycoons
Dm
Watching their money grow
C
It's not an idle rumour
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Em
G
And no scandal talk
Am
A
All of the puppets are washed through
Panama,
E
New
York
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What's your ranking business?
Dm
You better watch your chin, chin
Am
Offshore banking business
Dm
I .M .S. never gonna let you in, will it?
Am
Offshore banking business
Dm
You think it's just money
that counts?
Am
Offshore banking business
Dm
Am
Well, we sure better go match up your bank accounts
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E
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C
Em
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Em
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Dm
Em
Am
G
Am
Dm
C
The following is a lesson in home economics by the members,
Am
so crank up those record players
Dm
Am
and play it loud.
Got the pennies and the pounds,
E
Dm
Am
got the dollars and the yen
A
Am
You got the marks and the rubles,
E
Dm
Am
Dm
give you nothing but trouble
C
Dm
A
Am
International crime is happening
You ain't got too long in this world,
Jim
Lambos,
Wall
Dm
Street, the stock exchange age
Am
Cos the guy with the money
took your honey
that's very sunny
Am
But the money in his pocket is the
G
C
money in your bank
G
Am
Dm
G
You've just got him left to find
Am
A
Cos his money's always overseas
Am
C
He always crosses
E
T's
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Offshore
Dm
C
Take a letter,
Miss
Jones
Dm
Am
Offshore
Dm
I'm gonna go out and bleach some
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
bones
Dm
Am
E
You got the pennies and the pounds
Am
C
G
Don't mean much but it means a lot
Em
G
When you're out of touch
C
Am
G
Might not fit with your social
C
G
culture but it means a lot
Em
Am
G
Am
A
To the money, vulture, life in smoke,
with all of my savings
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Am
I gotta listen to it right, we read it
A
Read every day, in the press
Am
C
Have a fine night if you're
And there's no testifying
Dm
Am
I'm gonna get some
Dm
DDT on these streets, you know
Am
Who's behind this operation? I'll
Dm
A
tell you what I know
Am
E
Newspaper barons and oil cyclists
Dm
Am
watching their money grow
United
C
Am
States of
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America
Am
G
Already been in one bloody war
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A
So you ain't comin' back
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Am
E
Already got one bloody nose
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Put your money into poverty
C
I can see you with your tyranny
Dm
Putting all the revolution down
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Offshore banking business
Dm
Saying there ain't enough money to go
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around this town
Outro 1
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