"Swearing at the Shop Girl" by Vic Grout
Standard tuning
[Intro]
Am C G D Am C G Em
[Verse 1]
Am C G D
I’m swearing at the shop girl because the price is wrong;
Am C G Em
The shelf it sang ‘on offer’, but the till a different song.
Am C D G
Just a tin of beans; full price – an extra 20p;
Am C D Em
Might not be much to you but it’s a fucking deal to me!
Am C G D Am C G Em
[Verse 2]
Am C G D
I take a breath, hold my tongue; ‘cause really I can tell
Am C G Em
that 20p to her would mean a bastard lot as well.
Am C D G
Crap job; minimum wage; treated like shit;
Am C D Em
Not her fault; she’s checkout; she didn’t do it.
[Chorus]
Am Em
Hit left against your sister;
Am Em
Punch right against your brother;
Am Em D G
And, if I say stop fighting, then kick me.
Am Em
Hate those who don't deserve it;
Am Em
Blame yourselves and one another;
Am Em G D
You’ve tried every direction but the one that sets you free!
[Verse 3]
Am C G D
I’m swearing at the shop girl because the price is wrong;
Am C G Em
But the guy doing signage had been on shift too long.
Am C D G
The figures he was working with, the number one offender;
Am C D Em
Database contract won on the lowest fucking tender.
Am C G D Am C G Em
[Verse 4]
Am C G D
Accountants chose the software: no tech. skills to judge it;
Am C G Em
But it was cheap; the salesman neat; it all came in on budget.
Am C D G
Manager likes the system, and she convinced the board;
Am C D Em
Now she’s back in contention for the end of year awards.
[Chorus]
Am Em
Hit left against your sister;
Am Em
Punch right against your brother;
Am Em D G
And, if I say stop fighting, then kick me.
Am Em
Hate those who don't deserve it;
Am Em
Blame yourselves and one another;
Am Em G D
You’ve tried every direction but the one that sets you free!
[Verse 5]
Am C G D
And up and up and up it goes: a pyramid of rats;
Am C G Em
Directors and executives: sycophantic twats.
Am C D G
Covering their arses: thinking of the dough;
Am C D Em
Cock-sucking those above; crapping on those below.
Am C G D Am C G Em
[Verse 6]
Am C G D
Until you get to ‘number one’: fuck all for him to fear;
Am C G Em
And a seat in the Lords at the end of his career.
Am C D G
The tensions beneath him are just part of the plot;
Am C D Em
And all those 20ps add up to a brand new yacht!
[Chorus]
Am Em
Hit left against your sister;
Am Em
Punch right against your brother;
Am Em D G
And, if I say stop fighting, then kick me.
Am Em
Hate those who don't deserve it;
Am Em
Blame yourselves and one another;
Am Em G D
You’ve tried every direction but the one that sets you free!
[Verse 7]
Am C G D
I’m swearing at the shop girl because the price is wrong;
Am C G Em
But the path through all the scoundrels meanders and it’s long.
Am C D G
A rancid command chain; meritocracy back-to-front;
Am C D Em
I’m swearing at the shop girl because the CEO’s a cunt.
[Chorus]
Am Em
Hit left against your sister;
Am Em
Punch right against your brother;
Am Em D G
And, if I say stop fighting, then kick me.
Am Em
Hate those who don't deserve it;
Am Em
Blame yourselves and one another;
Am Em G D
You’ve tried every direction but the one that sets you free!
[Chorus]
Am Em
Hit left against your sister;
Am Em
Punch right against your brother;
Am Em D G
And, if I say stop fighting, then kick me.
Am Em
Hate those who don't deserve it;
Am Em
Blame yourselves and one another;
Am Em G D
You’ve tried every direction but the one that sets you free!
D Em D Am