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Hole in the Bucket


Intro:
(eb) (eb) (eb) (eb)
(eb) (abadd9) (eb) (eb)

I (cm7) went down to (eb) the city
And i (abadd9) found myself a job
(cm7) working for (eb) the people
Who do need (abadd9) some helping out
But (cm7) then in truth i (eb) found
There was so lit- (abadd9) tle left to give
The (cm7) government might (eb) save their lives
Might (abadd9) not help them to live

Chorus:
Well, there's a (eb) hole in the bucket
And the people fall out
There's (bb7) money underground
But you can't get it (eb) out
When you (abadd9) stand at the state house
Smile, and say (eb) "please?"
Well, there's a (eb) crack in the floor
And the people fall through
And they (bb7) wind up coming
Back to you (eb)
From a (abadd9) place it seems like
They can never leave (eb)
Well, there's a (bb7) hole in the system
For the people in need
(eb) (cm7 eb) (abadd9) (eb)

How (cm7) do you tell (eb) a woman
Who is (abadd9) eighty-two years old
(cm7) poor and ly- (eb) ing in her bed
And need- (abadd9) ing help at home
That (cm7) there is no more (eb) money
There is (abadd9) nothing you can do
Just (cm7) hold on for (eb) a better year
And we'll try (abadd9) to get to you

(chorus)

(cm7 eb) (abadd9)

Instrumental break:
(cm7 eb) (abadd9) (cm7 eb) (abadd9)
(cm7 eb) (abadd9) (cm7 eb) (abadd9)

Oh (cm7) beautiful (eb) for spacious skies
And am- (abadd9) ber waves of grain
A- (cm7) merica, (eb) you're beautiful
But (abadd9) you have got to change
You (cm7) think of how (eb) to save your skin
But you (abadd9) never mind the bones
Have (cm7) we become (eb) a country
Where the hearts (abadd9) have turned to stone? (Abadd9)

Chorus:
Well, there's a (eb) hole in the bucket
And the people out
There's (bb7) money underground
But you can't get it (eb) out
When you (abadd9) stand at the capitol
Smile, and say (eb) "please?"
Well, there's a (eb) crack in the floor
And the people fall through
And they (bb7) wind up coming
Back to you (eb)
From a (abadd9) place it seems like
They can never leave (eb)
Well, there's a (bb7) hole in the system
For the people in need

(eb) la, la, la (cm7 eb) (abadd9)
La, la, la,
(eb) la (eb) (eb) (eb) (eb) (eb)



C. 1991 Catie curtis used with permission

Credits:

Catie plays this song in an open tuning :   DADF#AE, with a capo on the first fret.