Plenty For The Few

Tom: G

Em  D  C  G  Am  D  G

[Verse]
             D          G
I sleep in a storefront doorway
        C      Am   D
You can see me everywhere
     Em      D            C      G
As I hold my hand out for money
  Am   C        D
Nobody seems to care
           G       D       G
They don't want to know my story
        C        Am    D
They've heard it all before
    Em           D      C      G
I'm just another beggar on the street
    Am     C        D
Who always asks for more

[Chorus]
       G        C        G
Let me lie down in green pastures
       C     Am      D
Let me gaze upon the stars
       Em          D        C   G
Let me wake to the sound of birdsong
        Am      C     D
And the playing of guitars
       G           C       G
Let me roll in the arms of someone
      C            Am       D
Whose smile is the light of dawn
           Em     D       C        G
And I will lay me down in peace at last
     Am      D     G
To a new day being born

[Instrumental]
Em  D  C  G  Am  D  G

[Verse]
          D        G
My body's thin and dirty
        C       Am       D
And I'm shaking from the cold
        Em     D        C       G
There's no way out, but further down
         Am    C        D
And I'll die before I'm old
       G      D       G
Do not worry, keep on walking
        C        Am    D
You can turn the other way
        Em     D        C   G
I'm not in the mood for talking
         Am      C       D
And I've nothing left to say

[Chorus]
       G        C        G
Let me lie down in green pastures
       C     Am      D
Let me gaze upon the stars
       Em          D        C   G
Let me wake to the sound of birdsong
        Am      C     D
And the playing of guitars
       G           C       G
Let me roll in the arms of someone
      C            Am       D
Whose smile is the light of dawn
           Em     D       C        G
And I will lay me down in peace at last
     Am      D     G
To a new day being born

[Instrumental]
G  D  G    C  Am  D
Em  D  C  G  Am  C  D
G  D  G    C  Am  D
Em  D  C  G  C  D  G

[Verse]
        G      D       G
In this brutal land of plenty
          C      Am      D
It's only plenty for the few
       Em       D      C     G
And my pocket's always empty
            Am      C     D
And there's nothing I can do
G       D       G
Nothing for the needy
         C    Am      D
And only pity for the poor
          Em       D    C      G
I'm still sleeping in a doorway
            Am      C  D
And I can't take it anymore

[Chorus]
       G        C        G
Let me lie down in green pastures
       C     Am      D
Let me gaze upon the stars
       Em          D        C   G
Let me wake to the sound of birdsong
        Am      C     D
And the playing of guitars
       G           C       G
Let me roll in the arms of someone
      C            Am       D
Whose smile is the light of dawn
           Em     D       C        G
And I will lay me down in peace at last
     Am      D     G       Em
To a new day being born
       D       C        G
Lay me down in peace at last
     C      D      G
To a new day being born