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         The Pound is Sinking – Paul McCartney 
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Written by; Paul McCartney
From: "Tug of War" (1982)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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capo: 1st fret
play: Em
key: Fm

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CHORDS

          E-A-D-G-B-e
G/F#      2-x-0-0-0-3

D/C       x-3-x-2-3-2
D/B       x-2-x-2-3-2
D/A       x-0-x-2-3-2

Dm6       x-x-0-2-0-1

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[Intro]
| Em | %  |

Em
 The Pound is sinking
Bm Em
     The Peso's falling
Bm Em
     The Lira's reeling 
    Am
And feeling quite appalling


[Verse]
G                    G/F#
  The Mark is holding
Em
  The Franc is fading
Am
 The Drachma's very weak 
    D    D/C         D/B      D/A
But everyone's still trading
G              F                       G
  The market's bottom has fallen right out
             F           |  G      F  |  G  F  |  Em  |  Em7  |
And only the strong are survivors


[Interlude 1]
        Em
Well, I fear my dear that it's eminently clear
         C                          | Em |
That you can't see the trees for the forest
     Em               Am
Your father was an extraordinary man 
    D                        G
But you don't seem to have inherited 
5/8                       5/8
C                  Em    | C | Em |
Many of his mannerisms
5/8                
C                  Em
Oh, any of his mannerisms


[Verse]
G                    G/F#
  The Dollar's moving
Em
  The Ruble's rising
Am
 The Yen is keeping up 
      D      D/C      D/B      D/A
Which hardly seems surprising
G              F                       G
  The market's bottom has fallen right out
             F          |  G      F  |  G  F  |
And only the stout are survivors


[Interlude 2]
Em          B7
Hear me, my lover
  Dm6                       G7
I can't be held responsible now
    D                     A
For something that didn't happen
  D        D/C  D/B      D/A
I knew you for a minute

3/4
G            Em
Oh it didn't happen
C         Bm
Only for a minute
     Em                Bm7      C
Your heart just wasn't in it anymore, mmh, mmh, mmh


[Outro]
Em
 The Pound is sinking
Bm Em
     The Peso's falling
Bm Em
     The Lira's reeling 
    Am
And feeling quite appalling