Intro: Cm Cm Gm Gm Verse 1: Cm It's a strange time we're living in World can put fear in ya Cm Hierarchy parties, they make us feel inferior Gm Greed runs through the parliament interior Gm Devils walk among us, they fit the criteria Cm Eerie theories strike fear in weary minded men Cm When we’re clearly living in dictatorships? Gm Nearly blinded by illusions to choose Gm But who's fooling who? -nc- a ball chained to your shoes I'm pained Cm It's a cryin' shame Cm The pursuit of our own wealth lights a flame Gm That makes greed a game that lets the whole world burn Gm As the world turns, the whole world burns Cm But money was invented for trade Cm But now those bits of paper twist hearts, make slaves Gm Turns a saint into a sinner, a child into a killer F His finger on the trigger of a money game Chorus: Cm Oh, rain, rain, rain, rain Cm a storm it comes our way Gm And those who rise through distorted lies F Poison in the veins Cm But we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blame Cm It's easier to blame Gm But point the mirror at ourselves Gm F We're all part of this old money game Post-Chorus: Cm Gm Mmm-mmm-mmm F This old money game Cm Gm F Mmm-mmm-mmm Verse 2: -nc- Dear Mr. President Cm -nc- It's evident that everyone's a resident of fear -nc- When they support these ideas that keep us separate Gm -nc- Gm When the make us believe that everybody is coming To terrorise you in the streets Gm They say proudly through gritted teeth -nc- "It's my right to hate, that's freedom of speech" Cm But, when did freedom become a reason to hate? Cm a way to justify a racial slur or insult we make Gm There's an irony in freedom, 'cause us in the west -nc- We have pillaged and plundered and murdered like savages -nc- Colonised all of the rest, that's called hypocrisy Cm Preach a certain value that you'd never keep yourselves If your country was in flames Gm You'd emigrate yourselves in a second Still, you spit your venom Gm Demonising immigrants, when really your an immigrant Cm 'Cause all of us are immigrants, or descended from immigrants Gm The irony is imminent, I'll shed the light on immigrants -nc- America was colonised by Britain -nc- Britain, it was colonised by Rome -nc- And also colonised by the Saxons -nc- They were German by the way -nc- You know how people throw shade upon the Germans -nc- 'Cause of histories pain? Gm And yet we make the same mistakes all again Demonise a whole people Jewish or Muslim The same and the same Cm Old situation plays on repeat Cm The same old TV shows repeat Yeah, we worship the bleak Gm Our opinions aren't our own and we follow like sheep Gm There's no left, there's no right, in the middle we sleep Chorus: Cm Rain, rain, rain, rain Cm a storm, it comes our way Gm And those who rise through distorted lies F Poison in the veins Cm But we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blame Cm It's easier to blame Gm But point the mirror at ourselves F We're all part of this old money game Outro: -nc- Mmm-mmm-mmm -nc- This old money game -nc- Mmm-mmm-mmm Cm Cm Gm Gm Cm This old money game
