G
I pity the country,
F
I pity the state,
C
And the mind of a man,
G
who thrives on hate.
G
Small are the lives
F
Of cheats and of liars
C
Of Bigoted news press
G
Fascist town criers
G
Deception annoys me
F
Deception destroys me
C
The Bill of rights throws me
G
Jails they all know me
G
Frustrated are churchmen
F
The saving-of-soul men
C
The Tinker the tailor
G
The Colonial governor
G
They pull and they paw me
F
They're seeking to draw me
C
Away from the roundness
G
of the life
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G,
F,
C,
G
G
Silly Civil Servants
F
They thrive off my body
C
Their trip is with power
G
Back bacon and welfare
G
Police they arrest me
F
Materialists detest me
C
Pollution it chokes me
G
Movies they joke me
G
Politicians exploit me
F
City life it jades me
C
Hudson's Bay fleeces me
G
Hunting laws freak me
G
Government is bumbling
F
Revolution is rumbling
C
To be ruled in impunity
G
Is tradition continuity
G
I pity the country
F
I pity the state
C
And the mind of a man
G
Who thrives on hate