F G C G
C G F G
C C/B F G
C G C C/B F G
C C/B F G
[Verse 1]
C C/B FG
There’s always the money for missiles and tanks
C C/B FG
There’s always the money for generals and banks
F G C G
There’s always the money for new ways to kill
C G F G
But a limited budget for you if you’re ill
C GFG
Yes there’s always enough for a war
CG C C/B F G
So there’s never enough for the poor
C C/B F G
[Verse 2]
C C/B FG
There’s always the money for tunnels and roads
C C/B F G
For opera and ballet, but what about homes?
FG C G
For MPs’ expenses and fat subsidies
CG F G
But there’s never enough for nurseries
C GF G
And the well-off they always take more
CG C C/B F G
So there’s never enough for the poor
C C/B F G
[Verse 3]
C C/B F G
There’s always the money for tests they can
CC/B FG
Or fail you for not being white middle class
F GC G
There’s always the goodies for those with most greed
CG F G
But never enough for those in most need
CG F G
There’s a pay-rise if you’re on the board,
CG C C/B F G
So there’s never enough for the poor
[Instrumental]
C C/B F G
F G C G
C G F G x2
C G C C/B F G
C C/B F G
[Verse 4]
C C/B FG
Consider how little of life that we know
C C/BF G
We bring nothing, take nothing, through and go
F GCG
We’re all of us poor when it comes to the night
CGFG
In need of the darkness, in need of the light
C G FG
If we learned to want less and love more
C G C C/B F G
There’d be enough for the poor
C G FG
If we learned to want less and love more
C G C C/B F G
There’d be enough for the poor
F GC
For there’s more than enough for us all
