GG/F#Em7Cadd9GDGG/F#Em7A7DD7GG7CA7GG/F#Em7Cadd9GDG
[Chorus]
DCadd9GGDCadd9GGDCadd9GGAmCDD
[Verse]
GG/F#Em7
Will you still love me, will you still hug me,
Cadd9GD
When I’m eighty four,
GG/F#Em7
When I’ve been working all my life,
A7DD7
And I’m still bloody poor?
GG7
Dust in my lungs, a broken back,
CA7
Still can’t retire it hurts,
GG/F#Em7Cadd9
Well I’m all for workers’ rights and that,
GDG
As long as I don’t have to work,
[Chorus]
DCadd9G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
DCadd9G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
DCadd9G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
AmCD
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“Don’t send me on another New Deal course, I can already spell my name, you lot take the piss”
[Verse]
GG/F#Em7
Maybe I’ll never shoot a rabbit,
Cadd9GD
Perhaps I’ll never drink champagne,
GG/F#Em7
But that’s alright with me, man,
A7DD7
I prefer cider anyway,
GG7
And I’m happy doing nothing,
CA7
They tell me it’s all a waste,
GG/F#Em7Cadd9
But I ain’t never seen no 3 piece suit,
GDG
With a smile on his face,
[Chorus]
DCadd9G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
DCadd9G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
DCadd9G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
AmCD
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“I searched all the newspapers and made my CV, I swear there just ain’t nothing out there”
[Verse]
GG/F#Em7
A 9 to 5, 5 days a week, mate,
Cadd9GD
Is bottom of my list,
GG/F#Em7
I just couldn’t live with myself,
A7DD7
Knowing there was something that I missed,
GG7
So don’t go telling me “Take it seriously”,
CA7
Believe me I do,
GG/F#Em7Cadd9
But life’s for living, not for working,
GDG
And I got better things to do,
[Chorus]
DCadd9G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
DCadd9G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
DCadd9G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
AmCD
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.